SMMT MOTOR INDUSTRY FACTS 2018
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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
New car registrations 21
Changing consumer tastes 22
Registrations by sales type 23
Registrations by segment 24-26
Commercial vehicle registrations 27
VEHICLES ON THE ROAD 28-29
UK automotive aftermarket 30
ENVIRONMENT AND AIR QUALITY 31-33
Environment – CO2 31
Environment – Air Quality 32
Environment – WLTP and RDE 33
CONNECTED CARS 34-35
SMMT GROUP 37
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UK AUTOMOTIVE AT A GLANCE

UK AUTOMOTIVE AT A GLANCE
8 £82 billion

5
UK automotive turnover
Commercial
vehicle
manufacturers
2,540,617

6
New cars registered in 2017

160+
Countries importing UK-built vehicles

9 9 Engine
manufacturers 1,334,538
Cars exported in 2017
04

856,000
People employed across UK Auto

60 +
Specialist car
manufacturers
6 34.7 million
Cars currently on UK roads

1,671,166
Cars built in 2017

2,500 78,219
Commercial vehicles built in 2017

20
Suppliers

2,722,325
Engines built in 2017

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UK AUTOMOTIVE EMPLOYMENT

UK AUTOMOTIVE EMPLOYMENT
856,000 186,000 78,480 25,000 41,000
young people new jobs to be people employed
people employed people directly
began engineering created in automotive in UK motorsport –
across UK employed in
and manufacturing manufacturing 25,000 are
automotive manufacturing
apprenticeships engineers
(Motorsport Industry
in 2016/7
Association)
(Semta)

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UK AUTOMOTIVE: BACKGROUND

UK AUTOMOTIVE: BACKGROUND
In 2017 the UK automotive manufacturing industry…

Turned over Invested Exported products

£82 billion £4 billion worth
net capital
£44 billion,
accounting for
Invested Added
£3.65 billion £20.2 billion in 12.8% of the UK’s
in R and D value to the UK economy total export goods

Source: 2017 UK Automotive Sustainability Report

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UK AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING

UK AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING
Top fives in production – 2017

Cars by brand Cars by model Commercial vehicles by brand

Make Volume Model Volume Make Volume

Jaguar Land Rover 532,107 Nissan Qashqai 346,771 Vauxhall 59,795

Nissan 495,206 MINI 218,885 Leyland Trucks 15,323
BMW 218,885 Honda Civic 122,885 Alexander Dennis 1,734
Honda 164,160 Toyota Auris 119,020 Dennis Eagle 890
Toyota 144,077 Nissan Juke 104,770 Wrightbus 303

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UK CAR MANUFACTURING

UK CAR MANUFACTURING
UK car manufacturing
1.67M cars built
in the UK in 2017, the
2,000,000

1,500,000
SECOND BIGGEST OUTPUT

1,671,166
since the turn of the century
1,000,000

UK car manufacturing – 2017 vs 2016

YTD 2016 YTD 2017 % Change
RECORD HIGH

500,000
Total 1,722,698 1,671,166 -3.0%
Home 373,255 336,628 -9.8%
Export 1,349,443 1,334,538 -1.1%
0
1972 2009 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 % export 78.3% 79.9%

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UK CAR EXPORTS

UK CAR EXPORTS
1.33m cars manufactured
for export in 2017

8 out of 10
cars made in the UK are exported
THE UK EXPORTS TO 160 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE
TOP EXPORT DESTINATIONS FOR UK CARS
Worldwide EU

160
EU 53.9% JAPAN 2.4% Germany
The UK exports to over markets worldwide US 15.7% CANADA 2.1% Italy
CHINA 7.5% SOUTH KOREA 1.6% France
AUSTRALIA 2.9% RUSSIA 1.2% Belgium
TURKEY 2.6% ISRAEL 0.9% Spain

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GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING

GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING

Top 15 global automotive manufacturers in 2017 Top 10 European automotive manufacturers in 2017
Commercial Commercial
Rank Country Cars Total % change Rank Country Cars Total % change
vehicles Vehicles
1 China 24,806,687 4,208,747 29,015,434 3.19% 1 Germany 5,645,581 0 5,645,581 -1.76%
2 USA 3,033,216 8,156,769 11,189,985 -8.13% 2 Spain 2,291,492 556,843 2,848,335 -1.30%
3 Japan 8,347,836 1,345,910 9,693,746 5.31% 3 France 1,748,000 479,000 2,227,000 6.54%
4 Germany 5,645,581 0 5,645,581 -1.76% 4 UK 1,671,166 78,219 1,749,385 -3.70%
5 India 3,952,550 830,346 4,782,896 5.83% 5 Czech Rep. 1,413,881 6,112 1,419,993 0.00%
6 South Korea 3,735,399 379,514 4,114,913 -2.69% 6 Italy 742,642 399,568 1,142,210 3.53%
7 Mexico 1,900,029 2,168,386 4,068,415 13.00%
7 Slovakia 1,001,520 0 1,001,520 -3.70%
8 Spain 2,291,492 556,843 2,848,335 -1.30%
8 Poland 514,700 175,029 689,729 1.16%
9 Brazil 2,269,468 430,204 2,699,672 25.20%
9 Hungary 502,000 3,400 505,400 -4.01%
10 France 1,748,000 479,000 2,227,000 6.54%
10 Belgium 336,000 43,140 379,140 -5.08%
11 Canada 749,458 1,450,331 2,199,789 -7.21%
12 Thailand 818,440 1,170,383 1,988,823 2.28%
13 UK 1,671,166 78,219 1,749,385 -3.70%
14 Turkey 1,142,906 552,825 1,695,731 14.12%
15 Russia 1,348,029 203,264 1,551,293 19.01%

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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

Vanquish, DB11,
There are more than 2,500
2 Aston Martin Gaydon Car Rapide S, V12 Vantage automotive component providers
S and V8 Vantage
Car and Bentayga, Continental in the UK
3 Bentley Crewe
engine Flying Spur and Mulsanne
4 BMW Hams Hall Engine Engine range

5 Caterham Dartford Car Seven In 2017 UK automotive

6 Cummins Darlington Engine Engine range
manufacturers produced
7 Dennis Eagle Warwick CV N and W truck range 1,671,166 vehicles
8 Euromotive Hythe CV Minibus range

2,722,325 engines
9 Ford Bridgend and Engine Engine range
Dagenham
Car and
In 2017
10 Honda Swindon Civic and Civic Type R
engine
were built in the UK
11 Infiniti Sunderland Car Infiniti Q30 12

Castle Bromwich Engine range

Jaguar Car and
12 Land Rover
and Jaguar: F-Type, XE,
engine
Wolver ­h ampton XJ, XF

Land Rover:
Discovery, Discovery
Jaguar Solihull and Sport, Range Rover,
13 Car
Land Rover Halewood Range Rover Sport,
Range Rover Velar 1
and Evoque
John Dennis
14 Guildford CV Fire vehicles
Coachbuilders

15 Leyland Trucks Leyland CV CF, LF and XF

truck range
16 Lotus Norwich Car Elise, Evora and Exige 11
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17 LEVC Coventry CV TX Taxi

18 McLaren Woking Car 540, 570, 650, 675

Automotive and P1 6

19 Mellor Rochdale Bus and Accessible coach

coach range 25
MINI 3-Door Hatch,
MINI 5-Door Hatch,
24
MINI Convertible,
20 MINI Oxford Car MINI Clubman,
Countryman, 15
19
John Cooper Works 12
and Mini Electric 29 21
28
3 27
Minibus Bus and 13
21 Whaley Bridge Minibus range
Options coach
11
3 Wheeler, 4/4, Plus 4, 4
22 Morgan Malvern Car 12
V6 Roadster 13 17 16
7

23 Nissan Sunderland Car and Juke, LEAF 22 2 30 31

engine and Qashqai

Bus and Solo, Tempo and Versa 20

24 Optare Leeds coach bus range 10
9
9
Cheetah, Elite, Elite I,
Leopard, Panorama DD, 5
18
25 Plaxton Scarborough Bus and Panther, Panther LE,
coach 1 14
coach bodies and Enviro
bus range 8
26

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

Phantom and Wraith
Car and
27 Toyota Burnaston Auris and Avensis
engine
28 Toyota Deeside Engine Engine range

29 Vauxhall Ellesmere Port Car Astra

30 Vauxhall Luton CV Vivaro van

Bus and
31 Warnerbus Dunstable coach Minibus range

32 Wrightbus Ballymena (NI) Bus and Bus range

coach

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COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURING

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURING

UK Commercial
Vehicle Proportion of British-built CVs exported
manufacturing to global markets rose to
volumes:
2014
2014 to 2017 70,869 2017
62.5% in 2017
78,219 – the largest proportion in eight years

2015 2016
93,924
94,479
2016 2017 % Change 94.1%
UK Commercial Vehicle Total 93,924 78,219 -16.7%
of CVs produced for international
manufacturing Home 39,102 29,320 -25.0% markets, the majority
– 2016 vs 2017 Export 54,842 48,899 -10.8% bound for the EU
% export 58.4% 62.5%

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UK ENGINE PRODUCTION

UK ENGINE PRODUCTION
Record engine 8,000
jobs in UK light vehicle
production in 2017 engine production

2.7 million
Diesel
total production

3,350 1,030,900

units jobs reliant on UK diesel

engine production Petrol
2017
Total production
2,722,325

total production
1,691,425

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

sh-built cars portunities for
82,00U0K supeppoplylechain 44% averagpefrUom
iti
K content in Br
the (u 36% in 20 11) £4bn ofesunticfulfiTille d op
er 1suppliers
employed in dom

BODY PAINT POWERTRAIN ASSEMBLY INSPECTION

2,500rs+inauthtoemUotK ive £4.9bsnupad ded value generated  st automotive

18 of t he wplorieldrs’sha20veb aigUgeK base
supplie by pliers each year sup

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UK AUTOMOTIVE AND THE EU

UK AUTOMOTIVE AND THE EU

The European automotive industry is deeply integrated with:

78.6% 53.9% 79% 65%

of 2017 UK car registrations
of 2017 UK assembled car of imported components of British-built components
imported originating
exports heading to EU coming from the EU exported to the EU
from 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
6400 10500
car and engine CARS ENGINES
plants manufactured manufactured
Components
WORTH
£35m
delivered just
in time
from EU
1300 4700
CARS ENGINES
distributed to delivered to UK
UK dealers factories

5100 5700 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
– 2001 to 2017 – 2017 vs 2007 in 2017
3,000,000

Model Volume

DIESEL
2,500,000
1,065,879

2,540,617
1 Ford Fiesta 94,533

2017
PETROL
2,000,000 1,354,917 2 Volkswagen Golf 74,605
3 Ford Focus 69,903
119,821

AFV
1,500,000
4 Nissan Qashqai 64,216
5 Vauxhall Corsa 52,772
1,000,000

DIESEL
967,413 6 Vauxhall Astra 49,370
7 Volkswagen Polo 47,855

2007
PETROL
500,000 1,419,953
8 MINI 47,669

16,641 9 Mercedes-Benz C Class 45,912

AFV
0
’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17
10 Mercedes-Benz A Class 43,717

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 CHANGING CONSUMER TASTES

CHANGING CONSUMER TASTES

Changing tastes in car colour: Top 5 1996-2017 Shift in market segment – 2017 vs 2007

1
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
MINI +220% DUAL PURPOSE +161.16% EXECUTIVE +17.9%
2007 21,512 / 2017 68,846 2007 176,290 / 2017 460,412 2007 104,468 / 2017 123,168

LOWER MEDIUM +1.37% SUPER MINI -3.36% MULTI PURPOSE -22.11

2007 718,262 / 2017 728,116 2007 774,351 / 2017 748,333 2007 143,859 / 2017 112,039

2
3
4
SPECIALIST SPORTS -27.65% LUXURY SALOON -29.94% UPPER MEDIUM -37.12%
5 2007 65,731 / 2017 47,552 2007 13,120 / 2017 9,191 2007 386,414 / 2017 242,960

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REGISTRATIONS BY SALES TYPE

REGISTRATIONS BY SALES TYPE

2017 registrations by sales type Top five new car registrations in 2017 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.
51.9%
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

44.2% Ford Fiesta 56,400 Volkswagen Golf 47,865 Vauxhall Corsa 13,857 Motability-leased vehicles.

Volkswagen Polo 30,487 Ford Focus 42,130 Vauxhall Viva 6,940 Private
If the vehicle is being
MINI 28,188 Nissan Qashqai 41,685 Vauxhall Astra 3,615 registered primarily for the
personal use of a private
Ford Focus 27,771 Ford Fiesta 38,132 Vauxhall Mokka X 3,436 individual, it is designated a
private sale.
Volkswagen Golf 25,380 Vauxhall Astra 37,510 Mitsubishi Outlander 2,901
Business
3.8%

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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 25,224 36.7% Ford Fiesta 94,533 12.6% Volkswagen Golf 74605 10.2%
Volkswagen up! 13,555 19.7% Vauxhall Corsa 52,772 7.0% Ford Focus 69903 9.6%
Vauxhall Viva 9,963 14.5% Volkswagen Polo 47,855 6.4% Nissan Qashqai 64216 8.8%
Suzuki Celerio 6,755 9.9% MINI 47,669 6.4% Vauxhall Astra 49370 6.8%
Skoda Citigo 6,527 9.5% Nissan Juke 38,912 5.2% Mercedes A-Class 43717 6.0%
Segment total: 68,846 Segment total: 748,333 Segment total: 728,116

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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 35,904 14.8% Mercedes-Benz C Class 45,912 10.4% Mercedes-Benz S Class 2,939 32.0%
Audi A4 25,294 10.4% Mercedes-Benz E Class 26,733 21.7% BMW 7 Series 2,274 24.7%
BMW 4 Series 22,050 9.0% BMW 5 Series 19,477 15.8% Jaguar XJ 970 10.6%
Skoda Octavia 20,493 8.4% Audi A6 12,768 10.4% Bentley Continental 770 8.4%
Vauxhall Insignia 16,884 6.9% Jaguar XF 7,710 6.3% Audi A8 749 8.2%
Segment total: 242,960 Segment total: 123,168 Segment total: 9,191

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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

Audi TT 7,762 16.3% Kia Sportage 39,683 8.6% Ford C-MAX 12,655 11.3%
Volkswagen Scirocco 4,935 10.4% Ford Kuga 39,212 8.5% Vauxhall Zafira Tourer 12,219 10.9%
Mazda MX-5 4,698 9.9% Hyundai Tucson 29,430 6.4% Citroen C4 Picasso 11,017 9.8%
Mercedes SLC 3,664 7.7% Volkswagen Tiguan 29,121 6.3% Ford S-MAX 5,977 5.3%
Porsche 718 2,556 5.4% Range Rover Evoque 24,906 5.4% Ford B-MAX 5,930 5.3%
Segment total: 47,552 Segment total: 460,412 Segment total: 112,039

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COMMERCIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS

Van registrations – 2011 to 2017 2017 Heavy Goods Vehicle registrations
362,149 Rigids Artics Bus and coach
400,000
2017 25,535 19,510 7,666
15.6% 1.0%
-3.6 Growth
5.0% 0.9% 12.7%
300,000 v 2016
18.7%

362,149
13.1%
16.7%
200,000 -7.9%
commercial vehicles
were registered in 2017
100,000

0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

0.8% 2.8% 1.2% -1.3%

More than

8.1
million
used cars sold
in 2017

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CARS VANS BUS & COACH

34,686,328 4,299,828
86,607

TRUCKS
Cars
Year
(millions)

2006 30.8
602,799
2007 31.1 The average car on Birmingham
2008 31.3 the road in the UK is has the most
silver from the
2009 31.0
2010 31.3
electric and
2011 31.4
Supermini plug-in cars
2012 31.5
39,675,562
2013 31.9
segment and
110,684 in the country at
2014
2015
32.6
33.5
7.8 years old plug-in cars
vehicles on
UK roads
8.7%
2016 34.3 of the national total
2017 34.7

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UK AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET

UK AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET
The Importance of the Aftermarket to the UK Economy

£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 Fleet average CO2 emissions for newly registered cars
reduction rose 0.8% in 2017

CO2 g/km 2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2021
200
UK
180

160

140 EU target 130

121g/km
120

100
EU target 95

*On average, new models introduced in 2017 were 12.6% lower in CO2 emissions compared with 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 from September 2017 RDE
Introduced in 2017, the WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light The Real Driving Emissions (RDE) test measures pollutants while a
Vehicle Test Procedure) was introduced to replace the old car is driven on public roads, complementing the WLTP lab test.
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 to the next.

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CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

UK social and economic impact of connected and autonomous vehicles

£51 Billion CAVs could give 320,000

Value added annually by 2030 1 million Additional jobs created,
(at 2014 prices) UK people better access
to higher education 25,000
Jobs in automotive
Top 5 benefits manufacturing created
of CAVs by 2030
• Reduced stress of driving
• Ability to rest on longer
journeys
• Fewer accidents
• Lower insurance costs
6/10 people*
with limited mobility will have
• Ability to travel at an improved quality of life
preferred times *when surveyed

Sources:SMMT and KPMG report, 2014: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The UK Economic Opportunity and SMMT and PwC report, 2017: CAVs: Revolutionising Mobility in Society 34
CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

7IN10 58.8% 36.2%
new cars available with of new cars are available with of new cars are available with
driver assistance systems Park Assist technology Adaptive Cruise Control
Distance Indication Park Assist Adaptive Cruise Control
helps drivers keep a safe following automatically steers the car into and automatically adjusts speed to maintain
distance from the vehicle ahead. out of parallel and bay parking spaces. a safe distance from vehicles ahead.

66.8% 1.8 million 42.1%

of new cars offered with a buyers a year able to benefit from of new cars are available with
self-activating safety system collision avoidance technology Overtaking Sensors
Auto High Beam detects headlights and Forward Collision Warning Blind Spot Information System
tail lights of other vehicle and automatically warns drivers of an imminent helps detect vehicles in driver’s blind
switches to high or low beams . frontal collision. spot when changing lane.

Source: Latest autonomous technology vehicle content analysis conducted by JATO Dynamics in September and based on SMMT new car registration data for 2016
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