Gross sales of latest automobiles in Scotland has grown by 3% for the yr to December 2024, in accordance with the Society of Motor Producers and Merchants (SMMT).
Nearly each area throughout in Scotland improved their gross sales output, with Dumfries and Galloway and Fife main the way in which at 9.4% and 9.3% respectively. Though Central reveals a yearly decline, Scotland has carried out forward of the UK common of two.6%.
SMTA chief govt, Alan Gall, stated: “The largest concern we’ve got is growing the gross sales mixture of Battery Electrical Automobiles (BEV).
“There’s a disconnect between shopper demand and the ZEV targets which means that customers will select to not purchase, moderately than purchase a product they are not looking for.
“Without significant government incentives in both the pricing of BEV vehicles, massive investment in the charging infrastructure and rationalisation of charging costs it is hard to see a benefit for consumers to buy a BEV product.”
The SMTA is anxious the outlook for 2025 is much less optimistic and the UK’s ZEV mandate targets will solely be achievable if the federal government addresses these challenges.
Gall identifies anticipated low ranges of latest automobile inventory availability and excessive ranges of rates of interest as different sturdy considerations for 2025.
