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Car rental giant Hertz has boosted its direct-to-consumer remarketing program, extending it to more than 300 rental stations across the US. Called TestDrive+, the program offers potential buyers a test drive of up to three days to see if a vehicle is right for their lifestyle. This significantly increases the time behind a wheel compared to the short test drives with a salesperson available from most used car dealers.

Battery health is starting to influence how EVs are valued in Asia-Pacific. In Australia, used EVs carrying battery health certificates achieved 6% more per car than those without, according to Pickles. Certified EVs also attracted more than 15% more bidders and 10% more bids. Each Pickles certificate gives buyers two State of Health scores. One comes from the vehicle's battery management system and the other from independent battery-testing company AVILOO.

As a global installer of wind turbines, Vestas has to practise what it preaches and set a good example in terms of sustainability. This also applies to its vehicle fleet. The green agenda clearly takes precedence over cost savings—although global fleet manager Kim Stenberg did have to lobby internally to set the emission targets , which have recently been shaped into a new fleet strategy. Kim Stenberg: “From 2018-19 we allowed fully electric and plug-in hybrids to kick off the transition.