SMMT MOTOR INDUSTRY FACTS 2019
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CONTENTS
UK AUTOMOTIVE AT A GLANCE 4-5
UK AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY 6
UK automotive employment 6
UK automotive: background 7
MANUFACTURING 8
UK automotive manufacturing 8
UK car manufacturing 9
UK car exports 10
Global automotive manufacturing 11
Map: UK automotive manufacturing sites 12-14
Commercial vehicle manufacturing 15
Engine manufacturing 16
Digitalisation of automotive manufacturing 17
UK AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN 18
UK AUTOMOTIVE AND THE EU 19
A DAY IN UK AUTOMOTIVE 20
CONTENTS
REGISTRATIONS 21-27
New car registrations 21
Registrations by colour 22
Registrations by sales type 23
Registrations by segment 24-26
Commercial vehicle registrations 27
VEHICLES ON THE ROAD 28-31
UK automotive aftermarket 32
ENVIRONMENT AND AIR QUALITY 33-35
Environment – CO2 33
Environment – Air Quality 34
Environment – WLTP and RDE 35
CONNECTED CARS 35-39
SMMT GROUP 41
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UK AUTOMOTIVE AT A GLANCE

UK AUTOMOTIVE AT A GLANCE
8 £82 billion

4
UK automotive turnover in 2018
Commercial
vehicle
manufacturers
2,367,147

6
New cars registered in 2018

160
Markets importing UK-built vehicles

8 9 Engine
manufacturers 1,237,608
Cars exported in 2018
04

823,000
People employed across UK Auto

60 +
Specialist car
manufacturers
6 34.9 million
Cars currently on UK roads

1,519,440
Cars built in 2018

2,500 84,888
Commercial vehicles built in 2018

20
Suppliers

2,715,400
Engines built in the UK 2018

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UK AUTOMOTIVE EMPLOYMENT

UK AUTOMOTIVE EMPLOYMENT
823,000 168,000 59,000 20,000
new jobs forecast
41,000
young people people employed
people employed people directly
began engineering to be created in in UK motorsport –
across employed in
and manufacturing automotive sector 25,000 are
UK Automotive manufacturing
apprenticeships by 2030 engineers
(Motorsport Industry
in 2017/8
Association)
(Semta)

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UK AUTOMOTIVE: BACKGROUND

UK AUTOMOTIVE: BACKGROUND
In 2018 the UK automotive manufacturing industry…

Turned over Invested Exported products

£82 billion £3.3 billion worth
net capital
£44 billion,
accounting for
Invested Added
£3.75 billion £18.6 billion in value 14.4% of the UK’s
in R&D to the UK economy total export goods

Source: 2019 UK Automotive Sustainability Report

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UK AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING

UK AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING
Top fives in production – 2018

Cars by brand Cars by model Commercial vehicles by brand

Make Volume Model Volume (production) Make Volume

Jaguar Land Rover 449,304 Nissan Qashqai 303,742 Vauxhall 62,607

Nissan 442,254 MINI 189,484 Leyland Trucks 16,889
BMW 234,183 Honda Civic 147,301 Alexander Dennis 2,017
Honda 160,676 Toyota Auris 115,889 LEVC 1,443
Toyota 129,070 Range Rover Sport 81,537 Dennis Eagle 952

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UK CAR MANUFACTURING

UK CAR MANUFACTURING
UK car manufacturing

2,000,000

1,500,000
1.52M
cars built in the UK in 2018

1,519,440
1,000,000 UK car manufacturing – 2017 vs 2018
YTD 2017 YTD 2018 % Change

Total 1,671,166 1,519,440 -9.1%

RECORD HIGH

500,000
Home 336,628 281,832 -16.3%

Export 1,334,538 1,237,608 -7.3%

0
1972 2009 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 % export 79.9% 81.5%

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UK CAR EXPORTS

UK CAR EXPORTS
1.24m
cars manufactured for export in 2018

8 out of 10
cars made in the UK are exported
TOP EXPORT DESTINATIONS FOR UK CARS
Worldwide EU
EU 650,628 52.57% CHINA 75,749 6.12% Germany

160 markets worldwide

The UK exports to
US
GERMANY
ITALY
221,164
102,349
84,309
17.87%
8.27%
6.81%
BELGIUM
JAPAN
SPAIN
48,502
40,830
34,519
3.92%
3.30%
2.79%
Italy
France
Belgium
FRANCE 80,610 6.51% TURKEY 28,022 2.26% Spain

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GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING

GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING

Top 15 global automotive manufacturers in 2018 Top 10 European automotive manufacturers in 2017
Commercial Commercial
Rank Country Cars Total % change Rank Country Cars Total % change
vehicles Vehicles
1 China 23,529,423 4279773 27,809,196 -4.2 1 Germany 5,645,581 505,258 6,150,839 1.50%
2 USA 2,795,971 8518734 11,314,705 1.1 2 Spain 2,291,492 635,574 2,927,066 1.40%
3 Japan 8,358,220 1370308 9,728,528 0.4 3 France 1,674,717 601,623 2,276,340 9.30%
4 India 4,064,774 1109871 5,174,645 8 4 UK 1,671,166 73,486 1,744,652 -4.00%
5 Germany 5,120,409 Not available 5,120,409 -9.3 5 Czech Rep. 1,413,881 6,112 1,419,993 5.20%
6 Mexico 1,575,808 2,524,717 4,100,525 0.1 6 Italy 742,642 342,801 1,085,443 -1.60%
7 South Korea 3,661,730 367,104 4,028,834 -2.1
7 Slovakia 949,365 - 949,365 -8.70%
8 Brazil 2,386,758 493,051 2,879,809 5.2
8 Poland 514,700 175,029 689,729 1.20%
9 Spain 2,267,396 552,169 2,819,565 -1
9 Hungary 472,107 - 472,107 0.00%
10 France 1,763,000 507,000 2,270,000 2
10 Romania 364,654 - 364,654 1.50%
11 Thailand 877,015 1,290,679 2,167,694 9
12 Canada 655,896 1,364,944 2,020,840 -7.9 Up to date info from ACEA: www.acea.be/statistics/tag/category/eu-production)
13 Russia 1,563,572 204,102 1,767,674 13.9
14 UK 1,519,440 84,888 1.604.328 -8.3
15 Turkey 1,026,461 523,689 1,550,150 -8.6
Note: Audi, BMW, JLR, Mercedes, Scania and Daimler Trucks data not reported
Source: OICA 2018

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UK AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING

UK AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING
Key UK manufacturing sites
Key Manufacturer Location Sector Model

1 Alexander
Dennis
Falkirk and
Guildford
Bus and
coach
Enviro bus range
There are more than 2,500
DBS Superleggera, automotive component providers
2 Aston Martin Gaydon Car DB11, Rapide S,
Vantage in the UK
Car and Bentayga, Continental GT,
3 Bentley Crewe engine Flying Spur and Mulsanne

4 BMW Hams Hall Engine Engine range In 2018 UK automotive

manufacturers produced
5 Caterham Dartford Car Seven
1,604,328 vehicles
6 Cummins Darlington Engine Engine range

7 Dennis Eagle Warwick CV Truck range

In 2018 2,715,400 engines
Bus and were built in the UK
8 Euromotive Hythe Minibus range 12
Coach

9 Ford Bridgend and Engine Engine range

Dagenham

10 Honda Swindon Car and Engine range

engine Civic, Civic Type R

11 Infiniti Sunderland Car Q30, QX30

1
Jaguar Castle Bromwich Engine range
12 and Car Jaguar: F-Pace, XE,
Land Rover
Wolver ­h ampton XJ, XF

Jaguar: F-Type
Land Rover: Discovery
Jaguar Solihull and
13 Halewood Car Sport, Evoque, Range
Land Rover
Rover, Range Rover 11
31
Sport, Velar 22

14 Leyland Trucks Leyland CV DAF CF, LF and XF

truck range 6

24
15 Lotus Norwich Car Elise, Evora and Exige

23
16 LEVC Coventry CV TX Taxi
14
18
McLaren 540, 570, 600, 620 12
17 Automotive Woking Car and Senna 28 20
27
3 26
18 Mellor Rochdale
Bus and Accessible coach 13
coach range
MINI 3-Door Hatch, 11
19 MINI Oxford Car MINI 5-Door Hatch, 4
12
and MINI Clubman, 13 16 15
7
20 Minibus Whaley Bridge Bus and
Options coach Minibus range
21 2 29 30
4/4, Plus 4, Roadster,
21 Morgan Malvern Car 19
3 Wheeler
9 10
22 Nissan Sunderland Car and Juke, LEAF
engine and Qashqai 9

Bus and Solo, Tempo and Versa 5

23 Optare Leeds 17
coach bus range
1
Cheetah, Elite, Leopard,
8
Bus and Panorama and Panther 25
24 Plaxton Scarborough coach coach bodies and Enviro
bus range

25 Rolls-Royce Goodwood Car Cullinan, Dawn,Ghost,

Phantom and Wraith
Car and
26 Toyota Burnaston engine Corolla

27 Toyota Deeside Engine Engine range

28 Vauxhall Ellesmere Port Car Astra

29 Vauxhall Luton CV Vivaro van

30 Warnerbus Dunstable Bus and Minibus range

coach
Bus and
31 Wrightbus Ballymena (NI) coach Bus range

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COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURING

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURING

UK Commercial
Vehicle Proportion of British-built CVs
manufacturing exported to global markets
volumes:
2015 to 2018 2017
59.3%
78,219 in 2018
2018
2015 2016 84,888

94,479 93,924

UK Commercial Vehicle
2017 2018 % Change
93.3%
Total 78,219 84,888 8.5% of CVs produced for export
manufacturing Home 29,320 34,568 17.9%
were sent to the EU
– 2017 vs 2018 Export 48,899 50,320 2.9%
% export 62.5% 59.3%

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UK ENGINE PRODUCTION

UK ENGINE PRODUCTION
Maintaining 8,000
jobs in UK light vehicle

RECORD LEVELS engine production

of production 3,500
jobs reliant on UK diesel
Total units

2,715,400
engine production

8.5 billion
turnover value in light vehicle
engine production

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DIGITALISATION OF AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING

DIGITALISATION OF MANUFACTURING
The digital revolution of the automotive industry is already underway. Vehicle manufacturers and suppliers
are benefitting from increased productivity, greater flexibility and shorter times to market.
REDUCED INCREASED MACHINE TIME TO
PARTS PRODUCTIVITY DOWNTIME MARKET
INVENTORY BY UP TO REDUCED REDUCED
BY UP TO

20% 5% BY UP TO

40%
BY UP TO

25%

BENEFIT TO BENEFIT TO BENEFIT TO TOTAL CUMULATIVE

SUPPLIERS VEHICLE WIDER ECONOMY ECONOMIC BENEFIT

£2.6 billion £1.7billion

MANUFACTURERS BY 2035

£4.3 billion £74 billion

Source: SMMT and KPMG report The Digitalisation of the UK Automotive Industry (2016) 17
UK AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN

UK AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN

British-built nerated 
82,000 supeppoplylechain
K
K content in
44% aver(uagpefrUom 36% in 2011)
£4.9bn ad ded value ge
pliers each year
employed in th
eU cars by s up

BODY PAINT POWERTRAIN ASSEMBLY INSPECTION

2,500rs+inauthtoemUotK ive 17 of t he world’s 20 b aigUgeKstbaausetomot

ive

supplie pliers have

sup

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UK AUTOMOTIVE AND THE EU

UK AUTOMOTIVE AND THE EU

The European automotive industry is deeply integrated with:

68.4% 52.6% 80% 69%

of cars registered in 2018 of 2018 UK assembled car of imported components of British-built components
imported from the EU exports heading to EU coming from the EU exported to the EU

AT LEAST

£1.8bn 10% WTO £2.7bn

OF PEOPLE
COST EMPLOYED IN
WORLD TRADE
ORGANISATION
COST
ON EXPORTS THE UK
AUTOMOTIVE
MANUFACTURING
WTO
WORLD TRADE
SECTOR ARE
ORGANISATION FROM ON IMPORTS
ELSEWHERE car imports from the EU only
car exports to the EU only IN THE EU

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A DAY IN UK AUTOMOTIVE

A DAY IN UK AUTOMOTIVE
1100
EU TRUCKS
deliver to UK
5,800 10,400
car and engine CARS ENGINES
plants manufactured manufactured
Components
WORTH
£35m
delivered just
in time
from EU
1,100 4,000
CARS ENGINES
distributed to delivered to UK
UK dealers factories

4,800 6,500 Import figures based on

SMMT estimates;
CARS ENGINES output figures:
exported exported SMMT from production
worldwide worldwide and export international
exchange data
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NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS

REGISTRATIONS
Annual New Car Registrations New car registrations by fuel type Top 10 UK sellers
– 2009 to 2018 – 2018 vs 2009 in 2018
3,000,000

Model Volume

DIESEL
2,500,000
750,165
1 Ford Fiesta 95,892

2,367,147

2018
PETROL
2,000,000 1,475,712 2 Volkswagen Golf 64,829
3 Vauxhall Corsa 52,915
141,270

AFV
1,500,000
4 Nissan Qashqai 50,546
5 Ford Focus 50,492
1,000,000

DIESEL
832,456 6 Volkswagen Polo 45,149
7 MINI 44,904

2009
PETROL
500,000 1,147,547
8 Mercedes-Benz A-Class 43,527

14,996 9 Ford Kuga 40,398

AFV
0
’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17 ’18
10 Kia Sportage 35,567

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 CHANGING CONSUMER TASTES

CHANGING CONSUMER TASTES

Changing tastes in car colour: Top 5 1997-2018 Shift in market segment – 2018 vs 2009

1
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
LOWER MEDIUM +22.9% DUAL PURPOSE +279% EXECUTIVE +21.2%
2009 536,953 / 2018 659,750
2009 132,472 / 2018 502,124 2009 90,114 / 2018 109,228

LUXURY SALOON +25.6%

MINI -17.7% SUPER MINI -0.9%
2009 6,547 / 2018 8,226
2009 68,098 / 2018 56,023 2009 736,049 / 2018 729,671

2
3
4
MULTI PURPOSE -22% UPPER MEDIUM -32.6% SPECIALIST SPORTS -20%
5 2009 94,747 / 2018 73,906 2009 283,552 / 2018 191,046 2009 46,467 / 2018 37,173

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REGISTRATIONS BY SALES TYPE

REGISTRATIONS BY SALES TYPE

2018 registrations by sales type Top five new car registrations in 2018 by sales type

Business
If the vehicle is being
registered by a company that
operates up to 24 vehicles,
it is designated a business
sale. This includes dealer
Fleet demonstrators.
51.7%
Fleet
If the vehicle is being

Private Fleet Business registered by a company that

operates a fleet of 25 or more
vehicles, it is designated
Model Volume Model Volume Model Volume a fleet sale. This includes
Private dealer demonstrators and

44.5% Ford Fiesta 61,694 Volkswagen Golf 43,976 Vauxhall Corsa 11,195 Motability-leased vehicles.

Volkswagen Polo 27,885 Ford Fiesta 34,198 Fiat 500 4,540 Private
If the vehicle is being
MINI 27,370 Nissan Qashqai 31,683 Vauxhall Viva 4,306 registered primarily for the
personal use of a private
Ford Focus 23,916 Ford Focus 26,575 Volkswagen Polo 4,215 individual, it is designated a
private sale.
Toyota Yaris 20,947 Mercedes-Benz A-Class 25,957 Mitsubishi Outlander 3,029
Business
3.9%

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REGISTRATIONS BY SEGMENT

REGISTRATIONS BY SEGMENT
Top cars registered by segment

Mini

Supermini

Lower Medium
Model Volume Segment share Model Volume Segment share Model Volume Segment share

Hyundai i10 22,330 39.9% Ford Fiesta 95,892 13.1% Volkswagen Golf 64,829 9.8%
Volkswagen up! 13,224 23.6% Vauxhall Corsa 52,915 7.3% Nissan Qashqai 50,546 7.7%
Vauxhall Viva 5,570 9.9% Volkswagen Polo 45,149 6.2% Ford Focus 50,492 7.7%
Skoda Citigo 5,549 9.9% MINI 44,904 6.2% Mercedes-Benz A-Class 43,527 6.6%
Suzuki Celerio 4,316 7.7% Toyota Yaris 29,191 4.0% Vauxhall Mokka X 32,266 4.9%
Segment total: 56,023 Segment total: 729,671 Segment total: 659,750

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REGISTRATIONS BY SEGMENT

REGISTRATIONS BY SEGMENT
Top cars registered by segment

Upper Medium

Executive

Luxury
Model Volume Segment share Model Volume Segment share Model Volume Segment share

BMW 3 Series 28,074 14.7% Mercedes-Benz C-Class 32,600 29.8% Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2,650 32.2%
BMW 4 Series 19,422 10.2% Mercedes-Benz E-Class 24,627 22.5% BMW 7 Series 1,826 22.2%
Skoda Octavia 17,927 9.4% BMW 5 Series 23,396 21.4% Audi A8 1,118 13.6%
Audi A4 15,349 8.0% Audi A6 10,206 9.3% Jaguar XJ 744 9.0%
Vauxhall Insignia 13,561 7.1% Jaguar XF 6,140 5.6% Bentley Continental 706 8.6%
Segment total: 191,046 Segment total: 109,228 Segment total: 8,226

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REGISTRATIONS BY SEGMENT

REGISTRATIONS BY SEGMENT
Top cars registered by segment

Specialist Sports

Dual Purpose

MPV
Model Volume Segment share Model Volume Segment share Model Volume Segment share

Mazda MX-5 4,373 11.8% Ford Kuga 40,398 8.0% Ford C-MAX 7,851 10.6%
Audi TT 4,243 11.4% Kia Sportage 35,567 7.1% Vauxhall Zafira Tourer 4,894 6.6%
BMW 6 Series 2,671 7.2% Volkswagen Tiguan 29,538 5.9% Ford Tourneo Custom 4,858 6.6%
Porsche 718 2,663 7.2% Hyundai Tucson 27,634 5.5% Citroen C4 Picasso 4,550 6.2%
Porsche 911 2,382 6.4% Mercedes Benz GLC 22,273 4.4% Mercedes Benz B-Class 4,076 5.5%
Segment total: 37,173 Segment total: 502,124 Segment total: 73,906

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COMMERCIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS

Van registrations – 2012 to 2018 2018 HGV, bus and coach registrations
357,325 Rigids Artics Bus and coach
400,000
2018 23,812 19,287 7,236
15.6% 1.0%
-3.6 -1.3% Change on
-6.7% -1.1% -5.6%
300,000 2017
18.7%

407,660
13.1%

200,000 -7.9%
commercial vehicles
were registered in 2018
100,000

0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

0.6% 2.4% 0.4% -2.6%
More than

7.9
million
used cars sold
in 2018

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CARS VANS BUS & COACH

34,887,915 4,407,561
84,391
Cars

TRUCKS
Year
(millions)

2009 31.0
The average car on
605,393
2010 31.3

623,372
2011 31.4
the road in the UK is
2012 31.5
black from the
2013 31.9 alternatively
2014 32.6 Supermini 39,985,260 fuelled cars
2015 33.5 segment and
195,410 vehicles on are on the road
8 years old
2016 34.4
plug-in cars
2017 34.7
UK roads
2018 34.9

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VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

Vans support
The LCV’s contribution
to the UK economy 10% of the
UK’s workforce,

3.4 m
people use
delivering a
combined
or depend wage bill of
on vans £56 billion,
for or 11%
their work of UK GDP

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VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

The LCV’s role in industry LCV sector growth The second (and third) life of the LCV

60%
of LCV parc is driven by:
59%
growth in the LCV sector since 2000
900,000
used vans change hands each year
construction; wholesale, retail and repair
of motor vehicles; manufacturing;
and transport and storage

Construction
is the biggest
single user of LCVs

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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AFTERMARKET TO THE UK ECONOMY

UK AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET
£12.2 billion £21.1 billion
contribution to UK economy revenue of UK aermarket

345,600
jobs supported

Services more than

30 million £695.39
vehicles a year average annual spend per car

Source: SMMT and Frost & Sullivan Reports: The Importance of the UK Aftermarket to the UK Economy (2017)
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ENVIRONMENT – CO2

ENVIRONMENT
Emissions
reduction AVERAGE CO2 EMISSIONS FOR NEWLY REGISTERED CARS
ROSE 2.9% IN 2018
CO2
Emissions
CO2 g/km
200
2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

2018
2019 2021

UK
180

31.2%
160

140 EU target 130g/km

124.5g/km
120
EU target

DOWN
95g/km
100
from 2000 levels

*On average, new models introduced in 2018 were 8.3% lower in CO2 emissions compared with the ones they replaced
Source: SMMT New Car CO2 Report 2018
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ENVIRONMENT – AIR QUALITY

ENVIRONMENT
A Euro-VI bus emits
Reduction in
95% less NOx diesel car
on the road than a NOx emissions
Euro-V bus
Source: Transport for London

0.5 g/km 0.08 g/km

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CAR EMISSIONS TESTING

ENVIRONMENT – WLTP
New WLTP test RDE
Introduced in 2017 for new models and 2018 for new registrations, The Real Driving Emissions (RDE) test measures pollutants while a
the WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure) car is driven on public roads, complementing the WLTP lab test.
was introduced to replace the old NEDC lab test.
Portable Emission Measuring System
A lab test to measure fuel consumption, CO2 and pollutant (PEMS) measures data collected while RDE prov
emissions from cars: car is driven in a variety of conditions: of a vehiclide’es a snapshot
on the road s performance
■ Test cycle data based on real-driving data
Low speed
■ Variety of driving phases tested (urban roads)
Medium spee
d (rural road
■ Powertrain configuration of each car tested High speed s)
(motorways)
for the car’s lightest and heaviest version Low and high
altitudes
Year-round
Why do we still need a lab test? Additional ve
temperature
s
hicle payloa
The new WLTP test is much more representative and lab Different gr d
tests allow for a standardised, repeatable testing model which adients
enables comparisons of one car’s emissions with the next.

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CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Potential overall impact of CAVs on the UK economy by 2030

+£62 billion 55%

economic growth of new Automotive jobs
to be high skilled +420,000 New jobs

3,900
lives saved

47,000 +20,000
new jobs in Automotive
serious accidents prevented
(2019-30)

Source: SMMT and Frost & Sullivan report, 2019: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The Global Race to Market 36
CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
7IN10
new cars available with
driver assistance systems
Distance Indication
helps drivers keep a safe following
distance from the vehicle ahead.
78.1%
of new cars offered with a
self-activating safety system
Auto High Beam detects headlights and
tail lights of other vehicle and automatically
switches to high or low beams.
CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
73.5% 51.9%
of new cars are available with of new cars are available with
Autonomous Emergency Braking technology Adaptive Cruise Control
Autonomous Emergency Braking Adaptive Cruise Control
reacts quickly to apply the brakes in automatically adjusts speed to maintain
the event of a collision. a safe distance from vehicles ahead.
1.8 million 51.9%
buyers a year able to benefit from of new cars are available with
collision avoidance technology Overtaking Sensors
Forward Collision Warning Blind Spot Information System
warns drivers of an imminent helps detect vehicles in driver’s blind
frontal collision. spot when changing lane.
Source: Latest autonomous technology vehicle content analysis conducted by JATO Dynamics
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CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Deployment of connected and autonomous vehicles
– the global race to market
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era era era
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Source: SMMT and Frost & Sullivan report, 2019: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The Global Race to Market

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CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Enabling Enabling Market
Country Infrastructure Attractiveness
CAV Deployment Index
Regulation

Enabling Enabling Market CAV Index/

Regulations Infrastructure Attractiveness Benchmarking
(/3.5) (/3.0) (/3.5) (/10.0)

United Kingdom 2.9 2.2 3.3 8.4

United States 2.6 2.3 3.0 8.0

Germany 2.6 1.9 2.8 7.2

Netherlands 2.2 2.1 2.2 6.4

South Korea 2.4 2.3 1.5 6.2

Japan 2.1 2.3 1.8 6.2

France 1.9 1.7 2.5 6.1

China 1.4 2.0 1.9 5.2

Source: SMMT and Frost & Sullivan report, 2019: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The Global Race to Market

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