The leading provider of global automotive data and insight, JATO Dynamics, has launched a pressing initiative in an attempt to focus the industry on the urgency of WLTP adoption. This campaign begins with the publication of a white paper advising automotive players to embrace WLTP measures, or risk falling behind the pack.
The Beyond Regulation: Staying ahead of the pack report, comes in light of growing global climate concerns and a post-Covid-19 world, contemplating the new and unfamiliar landscape that will likely see different consumer habits and priorities.
The report found that the shift to WLTP – employed to ensure manufacturers’ new sales-weighted fleet does not produce more emissions than 95g of CO2 per kilometre – is facing a number of complexities. Barriers include:
Olivier Pejis, Head of European Sales Leasing at JATO Dynamics, commented: “For many years the industry has treated WLTP as a challenge which could be pushed forward, to be dealt with later. But in doing so we may have failed to realise that WLTP reflects a mounting sentiment shared by both consumers, industry and legislators as they favour green solutions. Now is the moment for the industry to embrace WLTP or risk falling behind the pack.”
The report also outlines the likely evolution of the automotive sector, once WLTP policies are fully operational. These include: