THE BVRLA has come out strongly pro an EU trade deal. The Association says that failure to reach agreement would hit cash-strapped UK businesses, destroy the fragile recovery in the automotive sector and slow down the uptake of electric vehicles. According to BVRLA estimates, no deal tariffs on cars and vans would add £2.1 billion to the fleet sector’s annual new car…
TRANSPORT Secretary Grant Shapps said BVRLA members were fundamental to delivering zero emission transport to UK plc. Speaking at the BVRLA’s Fleets in Charge online conference today (06 Octrober 2020), Shapps said: “It’s fantastic that so many BVRLA members are making commitments to introduce zero-emission fleets ahead of the Government’s phase-out target. BVRLA members are fundamental to the transition to cleaner road…
THE government’s preferred date of 2035 for the phasing out of all ICE vehicles has been criticised by the BVRLA as a “mistake”. Responding to the 2035 phase out consultation period, which ended 31 July 2020, the BVRLA believes that such is the diversity of the UK’s fleet that setting a single date was unrealistic. The association explained that 2035 would be…
BROKERS need to be careful when they arrange registration of vehicles in the run up to the WLTP changeover. For the DVLA the changeover happens on April 01 for VED; for HMRC this happens on April 06 for company car tax. It could mean a business contract hire vehicle has VED related to its WLTP measured emissions, but BIK relating to its…