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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

Green Car Congress

New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe. United Kingdom ?

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Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

The Truth About Cars

For corporate automobiles that also see private use, benefit-in-kind taxes are calculated as a perk on top of the base salary. One would expect to receive some kind of purchasing allowance calculated that’s then tied to income. But things aren’t quite as simple as that in the United Kingdom.

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OC&C survey finds US consumers lag behind major industrialized countries in embracing electric/hybrid vehicles

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Americans are much less likely than consumers in other major industrialized countries to purchase an electric vehicle or hybrid, largely because of concerns over access to charging stations away from home, according to a survey by global consulting firm OC&C Strategy Consultants.

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International Auto Holdings to shop for UK automotive dealership chain Lookers for $595 million

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International Auto Holdings, an entity indistinguishable to privately-owned Canadian automotive broker community Alpha Auto Crew by way of having the similar proprietor, stated the purchase permits its access to the United Kingdom marketplace and helps its bid to transform an international auto store.

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U.K. Government Pushes Gasoline Car Ban to 2035

The Truth About Cars

The scheme was to have the United Kingdom restrict citizens from purchasing new combustion vehicles by 2030. The United Kingdom has introduced a lot of unpopular ideas of late and the public doesn’t appear to be overjoyed with leadership. Some have claimed this is being done to boost his political prospects.

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JLR faucets Everstream Analytics’ AI to dodge provide chain issues

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LONDON — JLR has partnered with provide chain mapping and chance analytics corporate Everstream Analytics, which can embed synthetic perception into the United Kingdom automaker’s gadget to support avert past international provide problems.

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Scrapyard Find: 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S

The Truth About Cars

While I feel that the ex-Royal Mail Peugeot Bipper we saw last week was a deeply interesting Junkyard Find , some readers with shallower more mainstream tastes in automobiles might have been disappointed by such a machine being considered worthy of admiration. This one isn't just any Brera, however. This car has the 182-horsepower 2.2-liter

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