Follow the relationship between UK vehicle demand, production and industrial investment. Registrations and output measure different things: each needs its own period and context.
DRIVE35 now holds £4 billion of automotive capital and R&D grants to 2035. Suppliers should match projects to the right pillar, line up match funding and speak to the APC before competition windows open.
A VDA 6.3 process audit scores each question from 10 to 0 and classifies the result A, B or C, but downgrading rules and star questions can override a good percentage. Suppliers should confirm the edition and prepare element by element.
Seven English cities run charging clean air zones. Fleets should check each zone's class, test vehicles by registration on the GOV.UK checker, pay within six days and treat London ULEZ and Scottish zones as separate checks.
A PFMEA built on the AIAG and VDA handbook follows seven steps, rates risk with high, medium or low action priority instead of RPN, and only works if its prevention and detection controls are carried into the control plan.
Advisory fuel rates apply only to company cars, are reviewed every quarter and carry no tax charge if not exceeded. Employers should keep journey-level mileage records and apply AMAP separately to employees' own vehicles.
Whether a used vehicle can be sold under the VAT margin scheme depends on how it was bought. Dealers should check purchase invoices, keep preparation costs out of the margin and keep stock book records in the form HMRC specifies.
Just in time supply still suits robust, short lead time parts, but the chip shortage showed the cost of low stock and short commitments. Protect single-source, long lead time parts with defined buffers and keep lean flow elsewhere.
HVO can cut reported Scope 1 emissions, but the biogenic CO2 must still be reported and upstream emissions are similar to diesel. Check engine approvals, feedstock evidence and duty basis before switching.
New electric cars pay £10 VED in year one and £200 a year after that, plus £440 a year for five years if the list price tops £50,000. Electric vans pay the standard van rate, and company car tax is a separate calculation.
PPAP proves a production process can meet the design record at rate. Keep all 18 elements on file whatever the submission level, and check each customer's own requirements before any design, process or tooling change.
