{"id":728172,"date":"2026-08-05T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/728172\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:32:10","slug":"deloitte-comments-on-smmt-car-reg-figures-for-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/728172\/","title":{"rendered":"Deloitte comments on SMMT car reg figures for July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Hamilton, automotive partner and head of electric vehicles at Deloitte, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA strong increase in new car registrations this month will be extremely positive news for manufacturers. The figures reflect strong consumer confidence in the automotive market, despite ongoing economic pressures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe massive year-on-year uptick in sales of fully electric and hybrid vehicles is a sign of the times. With Deloitte research showing that 76% of UK consumers expect higher fuel prices in the near future, we anticipate a continued shift towards electric vehicles as buyers look for more cost-effective alternatives. However, sustained growth in EV adoption will depend on addressing key challenges, including the availability of charging infrastructure and clarity around government policy on zero-emission targets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamie Hamilton, automotive partner and head of electric vehicles at Deloitte, said: \u201cA strong increase in new car&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-728172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}