UK new car registrations in 2020 sink to 30-year low
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New 2020 car registrations sink to a 30-year low and see biggest one-year drop since the Second World War
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Anyone blamed the BBC yet?
so obvious why bother, they've terrified the life out of everyone about Covid so once told you've more chance of dying on the roads, loads stop buying cars. ;-)
bbc now in hands of the tories,chairman a boris fan so lots more positive government stories from the establishment
About 1.63 million new cars were registered in 2020, compared with 2.3 million in 2019 - a decline of 29%.
How on earth did they register 1.63 million?
How on earth did they register 1.63 million?
Someone a few doors down has their own business and got their nice juicy grant from the Bank of Rishi and bought a car with it and carried on working. So that's one down, 1,629,999 others to find out about.
Could be a bit of accountancy / business smoke and mirrors going on here, Mr Ranter ?
dont comment if you dont like these hys
I've been walking in our local woods for years & have never seen a bear
Change the word spotted to SH*^^%! and we will know for sure when it happens.
Yes it called Dorris and has a lost baby bear called Gove
I've notice that comments on HYS about Popes, Bears and Sherlock are becoming fewer. I guess it's be cause the people who would normally make such comments are realising that these comments are unoriginal, repetitive and, lets face it, down right stupid.
Still, you keep on bucking the trend eh!
Still, you keep on bucking the trend eh!
Car sales are down? Really? Well knock me down with a feather
I wonder why that is
I wonder why that is
Car purchasing and leasing needs to be looked into on a long-term basis as the current model is unsustainable. When I first started to drive 40 years ago I could never have dreamed of having a brand new car but this is within easy reach today at circa £180 pm. This just increases the amount of cars on the road as car are far more reliable so are not scrapped.
You are right. I have 10 cars now because I keep signing up to cheap finance deals...
You can only drive one car at a time. If cars are more reliable and are not being scrapped as soon those cars are still in service and being used.
Population has grown since you started driving 40 years ago, you know?
You can only drive one car at a time. If cars are more reliable and are not being scrapped as soon those cars are still in service and being used.
Population has grown since you started driving 40 years ago, you know?
The rest pumped the money into Bitcoin and the stock market!
Big Crash coming around end of March... Thats when the free loaders need to pay for the free money - I wait and claim my interest Free loan and short the market.
Big Crash coming around end of March... Thats when the free loaders need to pay for the free money - I wait and claim my interest Free loan and short the market.
Car purchasing and leasing needs to be looked into on a long-term basis as the current model is unsustainable. When I first started to drive 40 years ago I could never have dreamed of having a brand new car but this is within easy reach today at circa £180 pm. This just increases the amount of cars on the road as car are far more reliable so are not scrapped.
You are right. I have 10 cars now because I keep signing up to cheap finance deals...
You can only drive one car at a time. If cars are more reliable and are not being scrapped as soon those cars are still in service and being used.
Population has grown since you started driving 40 years ago, you know?
You can only drive one car at a time. If cars are more reliable and are not being scrapped as soon those cars are still in service and being used.
Population has grown since you started driving 40 years ago, you know?
Most cars purchased in this country are imported from Europe, so the value add (to the economy) and manufacturing jobs flows to countries like Germany; so a drop in car sales might not affect the UK economy *that* much.
Very soon there will be next to no cars made in the UK.
The rich car company owners, brewiteers, have moved their production out of the UK...
Another Brexit triumph for Boris
The rich car company owners, brewiteers, have moved their production out of the UK...
Another Brexit triumph for Boris
We need to change this.
Germany has been allowed to monopolise the industry for too long.
Germany has been allowed to monopolise the industry for too long.
..apart from all the jobs that depend on their manufacture of course
My last car was a Toyota Auris Hybrid made in the UK and 5 year guarantee and with a Toyota you don't need buy new car for long while when got Japan/Uk Toyota reliable and quality with 5 year guarantee.
No way!
That's a shock!
This must surely be discussed.
Thank god the BBC have opened a HYS.
That's a shock!
This must surely be discussed.
Thank god the BBC have opened a HYS.
you would be lost without the comments page
Most of a car's life is spent parked up, perhaps we could use the ones we have already more efficiently ?
The future of cars is probably autonomous electrics and membership of car club type companies, then you just call one up when you need it, and you don't have to worry about that extra half pint! In the future it is possible that few people will actually buy their own car.
How about this;
https://thegardeningcook.com/car-planters/
You can't get much more environmentally friendly.
https://thegardeningcook.com/car-planters/
You can't get much more environmentally friendly.
Because the vast majority are cheaply made and dangerous, all expense put into bells and whistles but not into safety, I had a car door opened on my truck, I had slight damage but the other car was written off, I see drivers on the motorways, if they only knew what surrounds them is effectively paper.
Too true
Crash zones better
But drivers switch off as senses dulled.
Crash zones better
But drivers switch off as senses dulled.
Battery electric is definitely the future. Ignore all the oil industry 'lobbyists' that spout rubbish online. Battery is clean, efficient and improving all the time, as is green power generation. Anyone reading this who hasn't tried a recent electric car or van, would be well advised to try one. Dealers often lend them out for a few days, so you can get a proper feel for them.
Renault Clio is the car to buy, at least in Europe where good deals are offered...
Tell that to kids digging up lithium in slave like conditions. Aldo, you conveniently ignore the environmental damage of creating and disposing of batteries on the tens of millions.
Electric is no use for lorries and small Vans as the weight in batteries reduces their load to almost nothing and range and charging time unsuitable. Hydrogen is the long term solution - electric us a stop - gap only.
Electric is no use for lorries and small Vans as the weight in batteries reduces their load to almost nothing and range and charging time unsuitable. Hydrogen is the long term solution - electric us a stop - gap only.
You're being downvoted but you're not wrong. Sure there have already been announcements of car production being moved back to the EU, like that 4 by 4 that I can't remember the name of
What car companies are you thinking of exactly? The EU did a free trade deal with Japan so now Japan will be manufacturing cars in their own country instead of in the UK, nothing to do with Brexit.
It was the EU that allowed Ford to move production to Turkey.
They have systematically stripped the UK of its manufacturing assets to redistribute wealth to other EU countries and profit from it.
It was the EU that allowed Ford to move production to Turkey.
They have systematically stripped the UK of its manufacturing assets to redistribute wealth to other EU countries and profit from it.
Ultimately it is the pompous British mentality and arrogance is your problem. They do not see it how it really is the British. Very condescending, ignorant and arrogant peoples who kind of deserve what is coming to them economically. I have little time for Britain, a lot of us see how you really are in business and you are corrupt and too close to America for us to re-invest in the UK.
The UK car industry was destroyed by the unions in the seventies - heard of Red Robbo? Constant strikes and non-existent quality, so everyone bought Japanese instead (apart from Beetles, you didn't see many German cars in those days) - stone age technology at the time, but very reliable.
Can you confirm which car companies have moved their production out of the UK due to "Brewit".
I am aware Honda are shifting production to Japan (not EU) as a consequence of the Japan/EU trade deal removing tariffs on Japanese cars.
I look forward to being enlightened.
I am aware Honda are shifting production to Japan (not EU) as a consequence of the Japan/EU trade deal removing tariffs on Japanese cars.
I look forward to being enlightened.
We used to make TVs, lovely they were in wooden cabinets. The staff used to switch them on for us.
So all the manufacturing jobs that the UK has lost over the last 40 years were moved out because of Brexit?
Who is going to buy a ICE car when they are all to be banned shortly, who is going to buy any car when we have been under house arrest for close on a year with no prospect of that piece of madness being scrapped, and once all those on furlough discover in April they may have no jobs to return to , who is going to be able to buy one, then of course what has the WEF, IMF & Davos crowd got lined up?
These covidcrestrictions will roll into more restrictions to"save the environment". Once a goverment gets used to controlling us, as they now have, they will never give that power up.
Welcome to the future sheeple.
Welcome to the future sheeple.
They are no going to be banned. Just banned from new sales.
They are not going to let you buy one the day before the 'ban' and then expect you to not drive thereafter!
They are not going to let you buy one the day before the 'ban' and then expect you to not drive thereafter!
Latest crisis from BBC News,Sun to rise in the east tomorrow morning.
Little wonder that BBC are officially the least trusted news organisation in the UK. Removed
Little wonder that BBC are officially the least trusted news organisation in the UK. Removed
thats nonsense its called good reporting
The least trusted says Speccy. Who chooses to use it.
Maybe nobody has told him about accessing websites you don't trust.
Maybe nobody has told him about accessing websites you don't trust.
Battery electric is definitely the future. Ignore all the oil industry 'lobbyists' that spout rubbish online. Battery is clean, efficient and improving all the time, as is green power generation. Anyone reading this who hasn't tried a recent electric car or van, would be well advised to try one. Dealers often lend them out for a few days, so you can get a proper feel for them.
If you want a Renault then the Zoe is the one.
I had a Cleo as a courtesy car for a week, it worked, but was a totally bland driving experience. The week before I'd had a Peugeot 107, which was really lively in comparison, actually quite fun to drive, whizzed through traffic and was great to hustle down the lanes. Neither were electric though!
Anyone blamed the BBC yet?
No way!
That's a shock!
This must surely be discussed.
Thank god the BBC have opened a HYS.
That's a shock!
This must surely be discussed.
Thank god the BBC have opened a HYS.
I would indeed.
Loads of people who take the BBC click bait but then don't read the article or know the meaning of the word 'context' jumping up and down getting angry.
Loads of people who take the BBC click bait but then don't read the article or know the meaning of the word 'context' jumping up and down getting angry.
Sorry, but there is a sub-set of society who throw rubbish out of windows and leave mess for others to tidy up.
I would rather my own clean space as opposed to potentially share with the more selfish and disgusting elements of society.
I would rather my own clean space as opposed to potentially share with the more selfish and disgusting elements of society.
Battery electric is definitely the future. Ignore all the oil industry 'lobbyists' that spout rubbish online. Battery is clean, efficient and improving all the time, as is green power generation. Anyone reading this who hasn't tried a recent electric car or van, would be well advised to try one. Dealers often lend them out for a few days, so you can get a proper feel for them.
Tell that to kids digging up lithium in slave like conditions. Aldo, you conveniently ignore the environmental damage of creating and disposing of batteries on the tens of millions.
Electric is no use for lorries and small Vans as the weight in batteries reduces their load to almost nothing and range and charging time unsuitable. Hydrogen is the long term solution - electric us a stop - gap only.
Electric is no use for lorries and small Vans as the weight in batteries reduces their load to almost nothing and range and charging time unsuitable. Hydrogen is the long term solution - electric us a stop - gap only.
Twaddle. I have used a BEV van for work, it was perfect for the job. Batteries can be used for electricity storage for decades after they have been used in cars. And companies are working on recycling solutions and getting there. Ice cars are dinosaurs, soon to be found only in museums. Hydrogen may work for trains and HGVs, but never for cars.
Find out what car batteries are used for at end of life before spouting ill-informed garbage.
Anyone blamed the BBC yet?
If everyone has an electric car where are they supposed to charge it
At home mostly
Charging stations are now being rolled out. Battery technology is improving rapidly, so charging times will reduce. And if you live in a city you don't need a car, it is part of the reason for living in a city!
Taxed my car today on GOV website and afterwards followed the link about electric cars.
Almost spat my coffee out when I read the hilarious line about the benefits which stated 'average charging times are 8-12 hours, so the car is already to go when you are'. I wouldn't be banding that around as a selling point!
In fairness, underneath it mentioned that rapid chargers hit 80% in around an hour.
Almost spat my coffee out when I read the hilarious line about the benefits which stated 'average charging times are 8-12 hours, so the car is already to go when you are'. I wouldn't be banding that around as a selling point!
In fairness, underneath it mentioned that rapid chargers hit 80% in around an hour.
And....scraping perfectly good Petrol and Diesels ends up being more damaging to the environment due to the amount of CO2, and other impacts extracting precious materials & energy used to build Electric cars!
We should and could easily convert to Hydrogen, the only waste that produces is H2O
We should and could easily convert to Hydrogen, the only waste that produces is H2O
""If we see this continued level of uptake in electric vehicles"
Then lots of predictions based on an 'if'
The likelihood is numbers will increase at a steady rate up to about 30-35% of sales, then tail off
Charging infrastructure is always going to be an issue
Gov admit this but say it's up to councils to solve when they don't even have any suggestions of their own
Then lots of predictions based on an 'if'
The likelihood is numbers will increase at a steady rate up to about 30-35% of sales, then tail off
Charging infrastructure is always going to be an issue
Gov admit this but say it's up to councils to solve when they don't even have any suggestions of their own
Who is going to buy a ICE car when they are all to be banned shortly, who is going to buy any car when we have been under house arrest for close on a year with no prospect of that piece of madness being scrapped, and once all those on furlough discover in April they may have no jobs to return to , who is going to be able to buy one, then of course what has the WEF, IMF & Davos crowd got lined up?
It's odd that so many of these disaster announcements are the worst since those lucky boomers never had it so good.
Maybe if the boomers got through it the millennials will be ok.
Maybe if the boomers got through it the millennials will be ok.
Fantastic news.. we don't need any new cars.. we should be cutting down. We are flooded with unwanted cars and we need to spend money on other priorities....
Just let people spend their own money, instead of telling them what to do all the time.
Tell that to kids digging up lithium in slave like conditions. Aldo, you conveniently ignore the environmental damage of creating and disposing of batteries on the tens of millions.
Electric is no use for lorries and small Vans as the weight in batteries reduces their load to almost nothing and range and charging time unsuitable. Hydrogen is the long term solution - electric us a stop - gap only.
Electric is no use for lorries and small Vans as the weight in batteries reduces their load to almost nothing and range and charging time unsuitable. Hydrogen is the long term solution - electric us a stop - gap only.
Twaddle. I have used a BEV van for work, it was perfect for the job. Batteries can be used for electricity storage for decades after they have been used in cars. And companies are working on recycling solutions and getting there. Ice cars are dinosaurs, soon to be found only in museums. Hydrogen may work for trains and HGVs, but never for cars.
I fear you are misinformed.
BMW - not known for misjudging the market, are manufacturing a hydrogen fuel cell X5 from next year.
Why would a major manufacturer spend millions on developing this vehicle if it doesn’t work in the everyday world? A much “ greener” solution than lithium mining.
BMW - not known for misjudging the market, are manufacturing a hydrogen fuel cell X5 from next year.
Why would a major manufacturer spend millions on developing this vehicle if it doesn’t work in the everyday world? A much “ greener” solution than lithium mining.
Would that be the one that has not even been built yet, in any country? Jim Radcliffe was looking at a site in Wales, but has bought a closed Mercedes factory in France instead. Production to commence this year or next.
But don't let facts get in the way of a good Brexit rant.....
But don't let facts get in the way of a good Brexit rant.....
Battery electric is definitely the future. Ignore all the oil industry 'lobbyists' that spout rubbish online. Battery is clean, efficient and improving all the time, as is green power generation. Anyone reading this who hasn't tried a recent electric car or van, would be well advised to try one. Dealers often lend them out for a few days, so you can get a proper feel for them.
With more unsolved issues than electric, and no hint of how it can be safely stored, pathetic energy density and a serious explosive gas hazard. Hydrogen is for comedians only.
Hydrogen = expensive to produce. Requires lots of fossil fuels, which is why the oil industry back it! So obvious. Hydrogen cars are horrendously expensive, and it is dangerou8s to store. Hydrogen cars will soon join ICE cars in museums.
We don't need cars.
The world managed without them for millions of years until 1885.
get rid of cars TODAY
The world managed without them for millions of years until 1885.
get rid of cars TODAY
Ah yes, that's an intelligent comment. Of course, it also applies to phones, computers, electricity, running warm water, health care, democracy and the rule of law, to name a few modernistic things.
Come to think of it, we did OK without seven billion people on this planet, let's go back to less than one billion.
Come to think of, dinosaurs are really cute. Let's give them back the planet.
Come to think of it, we did OK without seven billion people on this planet, let's go back to less than one billion.
Come to think of, dinosaurs are really cute. Let's give them back the planet.
you might not, i do thanks
You obviously live in a town or city believing cars are unnecessary. Try living in a rural community without a car.
Tell that to kids digging up lithium in slave like conditions. Aldo, you conveniently ignore the environmental damage of creating and disposing of batteries on the tens of millions.
Electric is no use for lorries and small Vans as the weight in batteries reduces their load to almost nothing and range and charging time unsuitable. Hydrogen is the long term solution - electric us a stop - gap only.
Electric is no use for lorries and small Vans as the weight in batteries reduces their load to almost nothing and range and charging time unsuitable. Hydrogen is the long term solution - electric us a stop - gap only.
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electric cars will never work, too expensive and not that green
Small petrol car more efficient and cheaper and has the range
Small petrol car more efficient and cheaper and has the range
My Tesla has a better range than my old Astra!
Also, petrol is a finite resource so has no long-term future.
Also, petrol is a finite resource so has no long-term future.
The car industry itself way that in about two years time ICE and electric cars will reach price parity. Batteries are improving all the time, soon range will not be a problem.
Complete rubbish.
Petrol and diesel cars are very 20th century - the world has moved on.
Petrol and diesel cars are very 20th century - the world has moved on.
All the focus is on battery, itself an ancient concept due to the recharge times. If Tesla had gone down the hydrogen fuel cell route then nobody would be giving a second thought, they didn't because battery was a cheaper route to market for them.
Viable hydrogen fuel cells have been around for a few years now but nobody is interesting with all the investment in battery.
Viable hydrogen fuel cells have been around for a few years now but nobody is interesting with all the investment in battery.
when the petrol delivery drivers went on strike it was reported that the average car was only ever 1/4 full. Bearing that in mind battery capacity of 100 miles is plenty.....but not for anyone who does serious mileage - although many of them shouldn't.
Incredible lack of understanding about EVs. In an EV nothing is burned, batteries are fully recyclable, all the elements can be recovered and will be. Audi/Northvolt already have a pilot plant to make new batteries from recycled materials. But don’t hold your breath, batteries last a LONG time and will have a 2nd life after the car.
you would be lost without the comments page
Make sure you buy cars made in the UK.
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
Firstly; none of the above are actually British companies, they may be British Brands but are owned by foreign companies. Secondly, Honda are pulling out of the UK in July leaving over 3000 people in Swindon without jobs.
None are British owned. None are made purely from UK parts. the UK is an assembler of parts made in the EU and elsewhere which cross borders multiple times. This has just got harder due to Brexit.
ford first and foremost
It makes very little difference what car you buy - apart from one or two niche brands, any of the above could have been assembled in multiple plants across several countries, using parts manufactured across even more countries. Brexit just means that in future less of the process will involve British plants.
You sure can dream, but you have to wonder why all those "made in the UK" brands are foreign or foreign owned.
If BrExit is such a great idea, why is Jim Ratcliffe building his new Grenadier 4x4 in France (not Wales as promised); especially as he was a passionate supporter of BrExit? Jaguar also set up a massive manufacturing plant in Eastern Europe prior to BrExit as well as cars being made in China under Joint Enterprise. With your logic you might as well say MG is British car.
just make sure its in the next 4 yeas before the thickies have struck.
Which of these industries is Blitish, your local bungaling Conservative policy with the aid of the BoE, also its corporate off springs, and the high street banks, have been for the past forty years or more, have been to get rid of anything to do with fabrication, ergo manufacturing anything.
The Charge of the light brigade at the battle of Balaclava looks like a better option than HMG policy!!
The Charge of the light brigade at the battle of Balaclava looks like a better option than HMG policy!!
Definitely don't buy an Ineos Grenadier.
EU won't allow UK car manufacturers to import non EU made batteries for EV cars. Boris agreed that in Brexit
What a daft comment. Fluctuations in consumer demand outside UK far outweigh any gravity UK consumers can add to sustaining industry within the UK
Plus, what if I don't want one of these brands anyway? We live in a free market economy and if Brexit has reduced competitiveness of these plants to the extent that I need to choose one to support the UK, then that just shows how daft Brexit is too
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Plus, what if I don't want one of these brands anyway? We live in a free market economy and if Brexit has reduced competitiveness of these plants to the extent that I need to choose one to support the UK, then that just shows how daft Brexit is too
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Good list. Problem with it that they are all foreign owned apart from McLaren who are tiny. Investment decisions are made elsewhere I’m afraid. Another problem is much of the value of these cars comes from overseas, we have lost huge swathes of our supply chain and cannot survive without EU based suppliers.
We don't need cars.
The world managed without them for millions of years until 1885.
get rid of cars TODAY
The world managed without them for millions of years until 1885.
get rid of cars TODAY
Ah yes, that's an intelligent comment. Of course, it also applies to phones, computers, electricity, running warm water, health care, democracy and the rule of law, to name a few modernistic things.
Come to think of it, we did OK without seven billion people on this planet, let's go back to less than one billion.
Come to think of, dinosaurs are really cute. Let's give them back the planet.
Come to think of it, we did OK without seven billion people on this planet, let's go back to less than one billion.
Come to think of, dinosaurs are really cute. Let's give them back the planet.
We already have 17.4m dinosaurs in the UK, that's more than enough thank you very much!!
Use solar and wind to make hydrogen
Hydrogen for larger vehicles - lorries buses trains diggers etc
Minimise use of battery power please rate minerals
Balance needed in these discussions
Hydrogen for larger vehicles - lorries buses trains diggers etc
Minimise use of battery power please rate minerals
Balance needed in these discussions
And there are no fire risks charging lithium ion batteries?
Vehicle insurers know better.
Vehicle insurers know better.
Petrol finite.
About 50 years plus left and known reserves
Battery minerals more finite
About 50 years plus left and known reserves
Battery minerals more finite
oil, (petrol) is in abundance but will not run out as such, it is rather the fact its becoming too much of a climate problem to use
Somewhat naive because picture you are travelling up the UK’s longest motorway in your Tesla only to find that you are running out of juice. Petrol/Diesel vehicle you pull into a service station and fill up in 10 minutes but sadly you find all the electric points are u/s. This recently happened to my neighbour who also owns a Tesla. What are you going to do, walk?
Really? Nearly all petrol cars can easily manage 400+ miles, many >500. The quoted range for the latest long-range Tesla is 402 miles (a vast improvement on older models), but no car ever reaches its quoted range in actual use. Then reduce EV range for aging battery, cold weather, using the lights & heater, etc. I wouldn't like to rely on any EV reaching half its quoted range in this weather.
Bio fuel is an infinite resource and should have been the direction of travel. A mistake that shows the clowns are in charge.
No need to change all the fuel infrastructure.
Similar parts needed for cars as now
No dodgy lithium, cobalt, nickel & cadmium mines
Could have REDUCED the UK generating capacity rather than need to massively increase it
No need for long charging or fiddly battery swaps.
No need to change all the fuel infrastructure.
Similar parts needed for cars as now
No dodgy lithium, cobalt, nickel & cadmium mines
Could have REDUCED the UK generating capacity rather than need to massively increase it
No need for long charging or fiddly battery swaps.
Make sure you buy cars made in the UK.
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
The key point is that they are made in the UK.
On your basis, Mercedes and Volkswagen are not German brands as they are owned by international shareholders...
On your basis, Mercedes and Volkswagen are not German brands as they are owned by international shareholders...
He missed Morgan as well, which is....Italian.
But they are made here, so create jobs - thats the point.
Or do you think we should only count British owned jobs - but presumably that would also then need to include all the overseas businesses owned by UK ones - a pointless stat. I think you've missed the point here.
Or do you think we should only count British owned jobs - but presumably that would also then need to include all the overseas businesses owned by UK ones - a pointless stat. I think you've missed the point here.
Don't worry Borris and Gove will find them jobs - not.
These 2 idiots have never run a business, just posh toffs who have no idea at all.
These 2 idiots have never run a business, just posh toffs who have no idea at all.
Sadly true. As someone who grew up in Swindon and watched the plant being built it is sad to see. They say it isn’t because of Brexit but we all know that isn’t true. The non-tariff barriers to trade will make foreigner owners think twice about investing in the UK. Electrification further concentrates scale economies and the UK just doesn’t have the scale.
Range might be improving, but with 40% of car owning households in the U.K. not having on - property parking, how will all those EV cars be recharged ?
And what about the environmental cost from mining lithium? Price parity and range are almost incidental aspects.
And what about the environmental cost from mining lithium? Price parity and range are almost incidental aspects.
It is due to the stupid Euro. The Euro has hammered the Mediterranean countries, whilst propping up the industries of the northern Euro members by making their exports artificially cheap.
That's because they build cars customers like. Can't say the same about what was produced by British Leyland, Rover, Morris and many other failed British brands.
Find out what car batteries are used for at end of life before spouting ill-informed garbage.
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How is this news?
Millions working from home, furlough, lay offs. If course there will be less sold!
Other reason is reluctance to buy a new car with a massive change from carbon based fuels to electric just round the corner.
Other than that. Is it reasonable to expect year on year increase in sales for any item? There will be a saturation point.
Millions working from home, furlough, lay offs. If course there will be less sold!
Other reason is reluctance to buy a new car with a massive change from carbon based fuels to electric just round the corner.
Other than that. Is it reasonable to expect year on year increase in sales for any item? There will be a saturation point.
Make sure you buy cars made in the UK.
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
Meanwhile “ German “ cars are made in Mexico, and China, and Russia. Why has manufacturing “ got harder” ? Or is this something read in The Mirror?
Bojo was going to buy a new car but he dithered and delayed.
He eventually did a U-turn in his old one.
He eventually did a U-turn in his old one.
The cull on ICE is premature, the EV is too expensive, not compatible to current transient society, journeys will have pre-planned, power points pre-booked, home charging accessable to the few, car park charging points will clog up with one vehicle all day, work will take longer.
The current working from home would help eliviate commuting but the world cant be built and maintained from a lap top.
The current working from home would help eliviate commuting but the world cant be built and maintained from a lap top.
EVs will reach price parity in about two years time. Then increasing taxes on ICE vehicles will soon render them obsolete. Battery technology is moving at speed. Range is increasing, charging times reducing. Whether you oil industry 'lobbyists' like it or not, batteries and renewable energy are the future
At the rate that people are buying electric cars, we in the UK need to start building factories for producing the batteries asap otherwise our recently signed trade deal with the EU will work against us
There is one on the way, can;t remember where or who, but saw a brief article on it the other day.
Less cars first. That’s the big win
I filled-up my Roomster only once in 2020 - mileage since last MOT 668 miles. Seems I don't need an old car let alone a new one. I sometimes miss all that road banter stuff - when I took the test it was "Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre" but at some point that was replaced by "Manoeuvre, Gesticulate, Badmouth". "You ****** ***** ******* - you shouldn't be driving"! and that's just the Wife!
Understandable, if I owned a Roomster I wouldn't drive it much either.
Don't worry, the SAGE lunatics and their government lapdogs will eventually destroy any remaining demand.
Because Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi were all unknown car makers before the Euro, uh?
Wfh means less travel
Would have renewed this year. But will now delay at least one year if not two
And if surplus capacity why are prices not dropping
Anyhow. Less cars. Good news for environment. And that’s true if electric diesel or petrol. All are bad for environment
Would have renewed this year. But will now delay at least one year if not two
And if surplus capacity why are prices not dropping
Anyhow. Less cars. Good news for environment. And that’s true if electric diesel or petrol. All are bad for environment
The cull on ICE is premature, the EV is too expensive, not compatible to current transient society, journeys will have pre-planned, power points pre-booked, home charging accessable to the few, car park charging points will clog up with one vehicle all day, work will take longer.
The current working from home would help eliviate commuting but the world cant be built and maintained from a lap top.
The current working from home would help eliviate commuting but the world cant be built and maintained from a lap top.
EVs will reach price parity in about two years time. Then increasing taxes on ICE vehicles will soon render them obsolete. Battery technology is moving at speed. Range is increasing, charging times reducing. Whether you oil industry 'lobbyists' like it or not, batteries and renewable energy are the future
Battery technology is not moving at speed. Physical barriers are hit and improvements are coming from fiddling at the edges.
charge them wgere, a shopping centre will need min 1000 charging station
Batteries not made in Uk at present, transportation costs will rise, cars will all be imported c/w battery to reduce costs.
Lithium/Cobalt not sustainably sourced.
Battery life not proven.
Would you buy a second hand EV?
Not an oil/gas lobbyist just a realist.
Yes days of one home owning more than two cars will soon be over, but not yet.
Lithium/Cobalt not sustainably sourced.
Battery life not proven.
Would you buy a second hand EV?
Not an oil/gas lobbyist just a realist.
Yes days of one home owning more than two cars will soon be over, but not yet.
Ah yes, that's an intelligent comment. Of course, it also applies to phones, computers, electricity, running warm water, health care, democracy and the rule of law, to name a few modernistic things.
Come to think of it, we did OK without seven billion people on this planet, let's go back to less than one billion.
Come to think of, dinosaurs are really cute. Let's give them back the planet.
Come to think of it, we did OK without seven billion people on this planet, let's go back to less than one billion.
Come to think of, dinosaurs are really cute. Let's give them back the planet.
good one, more than makes up for the cars, wind up?
Batteries will be recyclable, scientists are making rapid progress on it. Petrol cannot be recycled! Well it can, but only by planting trees, restoring peat bogs and stopping global warming!
Perhaps some insight into why it was worse in 1992 and how long it took to recover etc might help with context.
If Covid has less impact than the 1992 disaster maybe the past wasn't as rosey as millennials would have us think.
If Covid has less impact than the 1992 disaster maybe the past wasn't as rosey as millennials would have us think.
Hydrogen = expensive to produce. Requires lots of fossil fuels, which is why the oil industry back it! So obvious. Hydrogen cars are horrendously expensive, and it is dangerou8s to store. Hydrogen cars will soon join ICE cars in museums.
Hydrogen cars do have batteries! The hydrogen fuel cells charge batteries that drive the car. So they are sort of a hybrid, unnecessarily complicated and expensive. Hydrogen cars are horrendously expensive. It might work for trains and HGVs, but will not make the cut in personal cars and small vans.
Because the vast majority are cheaply made and dangerous, all expense put into bells and whistles but not into safety, I had a car door opened on my truck, I had slight damage but the other car was written off, I see drivers on the motorways, if they only knew what surrounds them is effectively paper.
What is the rationale of this article other than lazy reporting?
Surely it stands to reason for any reasonable person to understand, that when the country has been in lockdown or had travel severely restricted that new car sales would decline. It is not rocket science that if you have nowhere to go you do not need a new vehicle or indeed any vehicle whatsoever.
Surely it stands to reason for any reasonable person to understand, that when the country has been in lockdown or had travel severely restricted that new car sales would decline. It is not rocket science that if you have nowhere to go you do not need a new vehicle or indeed any vehicle whatsoever.
so if you live near say man u and you hear their supporters celebrating after a match and work out they must have won, the media havnt to give a report?
what a joyless nitpicker you are, on now the 2nd identical moan ans ive only read 5 posts in all
it got light this morning, did that annoy you as well, :-(
what a joyless nitpicker you are, on now the 2nd identical moan ans ive only read 5 posts in all
it got light this morning, did that annoy you as well, :-(
Petrol finite.
About 50 years plus left and known reserves
Battery minerals more finite
About 50 years plus left and known reserves
Battery minerals more finite
Who is going to buy a ICE car when they are all to be banned shortly, who is going to buy any car when we have been under house arrest for close on a year with no prospect of that piece of madness being scrapped, and once all those on furlough discover in April they may have no jobs to return to , who is going to be able to buy one, then of course what has the WEF, IMF & Davos crowd got lined up?
Yes, in a few decades we'll probably look like Cuba, with lots of ancient cars lovingly tended to keep them roadworthy.
New car registrations were already in decline before the pandemic, due to a mix of diesel emission scandals and new policies on electric cars.
The growth in the last decade was fuelled by PCP contracts, people buying cars they never owned, and that bubble has now burst.
I will hold on to my 3yr old petrol car for a few more years to see what happens with electric car prices and range.
The growth in the last decade was fuelled by PCP contracts, people buying cars they never owned, and that bubble has now burst.
I will hold on to my 3yr old petrol car for a few more years to see what happens with electric car prices and range.
I guess that the BBC will try to convince us in their next Business article that fuel sales declined in 2020 and try as hard as they can to find a reason, perhaps even blaming Brexit!
EVs will reach price parity in about two years time. Then increasing taxes on ICE vehicles will soon render them obsolete. Battery technology is moving at speed. Range is increasing, charging times reducing. Whether you oil industry 'lobbyists' like it or not, batteries and renewable energy are the future
Taxed my car today on GOV website and afterwards followed the link about electric cars.
Almost spat my coffee out when I read the hilarious line about the benefits which stated 'average charging times are 8-12 hours, so the car is already to go when you are'. I wouldn't be banding that around as a selling point!
In fairness, underneath it mentioned that rapid chargers hit 80% in around an hour.
Almost spat my coffee out when I read the hilarious line about the benefits which stated 'average charging times are 8-12 hours, so the car is already to go when you are'. I wouldn't be banding that around as a selling point!
In fairness, underneath it mentioned that rapid chargers hit 80% in around an hour.
If you can locate a rapid charger that doesn’t have a queue forming behind it......
EV prices are far too high for most people. Lithium has apparently been discovered in the South East, so battery production could be done in the UK.
However unless prices drop significantly the uptake will be much lower than the government wants.
However unless prices drop significantly the uptake will be much lower than the government wants.
The car industry itself says two years to price parity for EVs and ICE. Then increasing taxes on ICE vehicles will spell a rapid end for them.
The future of cars is probably autonomous electrics and membership of car club type companies, then you just call one up when you need it, and you don't have to worry about that extra half pint! In the future it is possible that few people will actually buy their own car.
People that behaved like that would be charged for a clean up and lose their membership. Just like with hire companies today!
What is the rationale of this article other than lazy reporting?
Surely it stands to reason for any reasonable person to understand, that when the country has been in lockdown or had travel severely restricted that new car sales would decline. It is not rocket science that if you have nowhere to go you do not need a new vehicle or indeed any vehicle whatsoever.
Surely it stands to reason for any reasonable person to understand, that when the country has been in lockdown or had travel severely restricted that new car sales would decline. It is not rocket science that if you have nowhere to go you do not need a new vehicle or indeed any vehicle whatsoever.
so if you live near say man u and you hear their supporters celebrating after a match and work out they must have won, the media havnt to give a report?
what a joyless nitpicker you are, on now the 2nd identical moan ans ive only read 5 posts in all
it got light this morning, did that annoy you as well, :-(
what a joyless nitpicker you are, on now the 2nd identical moan ans ive only read 5 posts in all
it got light this morning, did that annoy you as well, :-(
Out with the old, in with the new: Britain could be a leading manufacturer of electric cars if the industry gets its act together. Bring on the Green revolution.
Sure, "could". All British car makers went bust or were bought by foreign companies, following years of making shoddy cars not even British consumers were buying.
Then the same British consumers voted for Brexit, that threatened the few car makers left.
It doesn't look like we're any good at managing the car industry.
Then the same British consumers voted for Brexit, that threatened the few car makers left.
It doesn't look like we're any good at managing the car industry.
What is the rationale of this article other than lazy reporting?
Surely it stands to reason for any reasonable person to understand, that when the country has been in lockdown or had travel severely restricted that new car sales would decline. It is not rocket science that if you have nowhere to go you do not need a new vehicle or indeed any vehicle whatsoever.
Surely it stands to reason for any reasonable person to understand, that when the country has been in lockdown or had travel severely restricted that new car sales would decline. It is not rocket science that if you have nowhere to go you do not need a new vehicle or indeed any vehicle whatsoever.
Make sure you buy cars made in the UK.
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
Ford last & never.
UK haters.
UK haters.
UK needs a world beating electric car brand.
The government should not write a blank cheque...
BUT the government should offer massive tax breaks and incentives.
Creating tech and electric car brands is the way forward for the UK.
The government should not write a blank cheque...
BUT the government should offer massive tax breaks and incentives.
Creating tech and electric car brands is the way forward for the UK.
And Honda is due to move out in July this year, leaving a huge manufacturing facility available for re-tooling and re-occupation by a new manufacturer.
Honestly UK car and Electric`s not a good paring. Even Ford shipped cars to Belgium to have the electrics done over there. UK is only good at high end stuff. look at F1 mostly here Moto GP mostly here. Do we want mass production in the UK ? loads of min wage job`s ?
EVs will reach price parity in about two years time. Then increasing taxes on ICE vehicles will soon render them obsolete. Battery technology is moving at speed. Range is increasing, charging times reducing. Whether you oil industry 'lobbyists' like it or not, batteries and renewable energy are the future
Use solar and wind to make hydrogen
Hydrogen for larger vehicles - lorries buses trains diggers etc
Minimise use of battery power please rate minerals
Balance needed in these discussions
Hydrogen for larger vehicles - lorries buses trains diggers etc
Minimise use of battery power please rate minerals
Balance needed in these discussions
Hydrogen cars do have batteries! The hydrogen fuel cells charge batteries that drive the car. So they are sort of a hybrid, unnecessarily complicated and expensive. Hydrogen cars are horrendously expensive. It might work for trains and HGVs, but will not make the cut in personal cars and small vans.
Apart from the ones being made by BMW.....?
So we remove the possibility of buying one due to lock down and we remove peoples ability to buy one by putting them out of work and the BBC wonders why sales fell.
BBC reports what happens. This is a business story relevant to many people who are involved in the motor trade and who know that they are living in a time of change. It also impacts on overall UK economy. You´ll probably find similar in Mail/Telegraph/Express/Sun/Times or other news source of your choice.
The car industry itself way that in about two years time ICE and electric cars will reach price parity. Batteries are improving all the time, soon range will not be a problem.
More oil industry rubbish. Most people only drive short journeys, so range with an EV is rarely a problem.
Make sure you buy cars made in the UK.
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
Jaguar
Land Rover
MINI
Vauxhall
Nissan
Honda
Bentley
Mclaren
Rolls Royce
Lotus
Toyota
Aston Martin
There are loads to choose from at every price point.
By buying British cars we could add an extra £100 billion on to the UK economy and create 100's of thousands of jobs.
The UK also needs to create a world leading electric car brand.
iRover perhaps?
It makes very little difference what car you buy - apart from one or two niche brands, any of the above could have been assembled in multiple plants across several countries, using parts manufactured across even more countries. Brexit just means that in future less of the process will involve British plants.