Charles Trent Limited has been appointed as BMW UK’s exclusive recycling partner for BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce end-of-life vehicles. The long-term agreement centres on standards, data, traceability and EV capability, showing how OEMs can treat ELVs as a strategic responsibility rather than just waste.
Money worries are becoming a major pressure point for automotive workers and their families. On Blue Monday, industry charity Ben has launched a financial wellbeing campaign, highlighting the scale of the problem and the free, confidential support available with debt, budgeting, benefits and urgent bills.
SMMT’s latest data confirms grey as Britain’s favourite new car colour for the eighth consecutive year, with black and blue close behind. But it’s green that’s accelerating, especially on BEVs. We explore what these shifts in colour preference reveal about changing consumer behaviour and the UK’s transition to cleaner vehicles.
Global Ardour’s FY2024 sustainability reporting puts hard numbers behind ELV circularity, showing how depollution, traceability and auction-led reuse are being built into the core operating model.
The Green Parts Specialists has joined forces with epyx to make quality-assured recycled parts easier to use in everyday SMR. Through the epyx 1link Service Network, fleets and repairers can access more than 350,000 VRA-graded components with next-day delivery or fitted within a week, reducing both costs and vehicle downtime.
Connected Energy is developing what it calls the UK’s most advanced second-life EV battery testing facility alongside a 5MWh BESS in Norfolk. The Scottow site will trial multi-OEM bus and truck packs, generating real-world data on grid performance, revenue and residual value.
Steer Automotive Group has acquired Marshall Motor Group’s Paint & Body Centre Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, rebranding it as Steer Prestige Cambridge. The OEM-approved site, with approvals including Jaguar Land Rover, Volkswagen Group, Volvo and Stellantis, adds complex EV and ADAS repair capacity to Steer’s growing prestige network and supports rising demand from insurers, fleets and OEMs.
Materia AI has secured Innovate UK support to build ReGenTrace AI, a cloud-based platform that applies machine learning and blockchain to end-of-life EV batteries. The system aims to cut processing costs, maximise material recovery and give UK recyclers full traceability and ESG compliance.
Abandoned vehicles are becoming a growing headache for UK councils and communities, with almost 100,000 reports in 2024, and most carsare never reclaimed. At the same time, SORN numbers have more than doubled since 2014. This article explores what the trend means in practice for ATFs, recyclers and enforcement.
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