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Industry Insights - October 2024

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This month at a glance

Welcome to October’s Industry Insights blog, your monthly summary of all the sector-specific updates which will help you optimise your fleet.

Read on for news of the approved EU tariffs, tfl fleet decarbonisation survey, new ZEV LCVs and how you can join the Zenith webinar to get more information on how the Autumn budget announcements will impact you and your fleet.

car driving in autumn.
Autumn Budget 2024
The Autumn Budget will be held on 30th October 2024. You can get a run down of all the announcements and what they mean for you and your business at our post-budget webinar on Thursday 7th November 11:00-12:00. Register here.
EU tariffs update
On Friday 4 October, European Union countries on Friday voted to impose duties of up to 45% on imports of electric vehicles from China. The European Commission, which manages trade on behalf of the 27 member countries, had a majority approval of its plan to impose the duties on 31 October 2024, despite Germany and Hungary voting against it.
TfL extends deadline for submissions to its fleet decarbonisation survey
TfL is currently running an anonymous questionnaire on fleet decarbonisation that includes questions focused on light goods vehicles, heavy goods vehicles and coaches. The purpose is to better understand the specific charging needs for heavy vehicle operators (HGVs and coaches).
Battery health survey
Fleet tracking and telematics provider, Geotab, recently analysed the battery health of almost 5,000 fleet and private EVs, representing nearly 1.5 million days of telematics data, to explore how the latest battery technology holds up to the rigours of daily use.

The data highlighted how batteries degrade, on average, by 1.8% per year – compared to 2.3% when Geotab last performed a wholesale analysis of EV battery health in 2019.
NEW ZEV LCVS

This month we’ve seen a flurry of new zero emission LCVs hit the headlines.

  • Renault has revealed an estimated 435 mile WLTP range hydrogen Master van that it is planning to launch next year.
  • Vauxhall Vivaro HYDROGEN trials in the UK are underway with a range of up to 311 miles (WLTP) and can be re-fuelled in under five minutes. Orders will open in late 2024 for delivery in 2025.
  • BYD has revealed a new line-up of electric vans and trucks, including the E-Vali, a new zero-emission light LCV. The 3.5-4.25 tonne E-Vali offers a WLTP range of 136-155 miles. The cobalt-free 80.64 kWh Blade Battery uses lithium iron-phosphate (LFP) as its cathode material, which offers a much higher level of safety than lithium-ion batteries and can be fast charged from 10-80% in around 30 minutes.
Vauxhall Vivaro charging

Government direction, policy and industry lobbying

2030 phase out date for ICE vehicles

The Government remains committed to restoring the 2030 phase-out date for the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. However, the sale of new hybrid electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to be allowed until 2035, with the Department for Transport (DfT) to consult on what the qualifying criteria will be.

vw charging on the sidewalk.

“This Government’s policy has always been to revert to the original 2030 phase out date for the sale of new vehicles with pure internal combustion engines.

The original phase out date included the provision for some hybrid vehicle sales between 2030 and 2035. We will set out further details on this in due course.”

A government spokesperson

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