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The established landscape of car brands is being shaken up by the global shift to electric vehicles. Accelerated by changing customer expectations, a hunger for new technology and a simplified manufacturing process, the opportunity for new electric car brands is enormous. New players, particularly from Asia, are emerging. This article makes a concise outlook of the current market state and highlights the new entrants on the EV market.

Today, the shortage of semiconductors and inflationary pressures are having a direct impact on companies. At the same time, CSR is becoming increasingly important with companies being more and more aware of their responsibility to accelerate energy transition. More than ever, controlling costs and acting positively on environmental issues are key priorities. To support its customers, Arval has revamped Arval Active Link, its existing connected services offer, and is now launching Arval Connect.

Arval, a global leader in full-service vehicle leasing and sustainable mobility solutions is expanding its first international biodiversity project launched in 8 Arval countries in 2021 to all remaining countries where the company is operating, in 2022. The project in a nutshell: One tree will be planted or regenerated** for each electrified vehicle (electric and hybrid) leased by Arval. Local projects have been identified in 17 countries while the remaining 11 countries will be contributing to a global project in Peru. The objective is to promote local biodiversity and engage employees locally as well as Arval customers. By the end of 2025, Arval’s ambition is to have financed more than 700,000 trees in line with the Arval Beyond strategy.

Arval, global leader in full service leasing confirms its breakthrough in flexible mobility with its Arval Mid Term Rental product. Based on this success, Arval is going further and has launched Arval Adaptiv. This innovative offer for private customers provides access to a car only when needed and within in a few days.

Once again in 2021, Arval’s activity continued to outperform the market thanks to the quality of its customer-centric approach and its ambitious 2025 strategic plan, Arval Beyond.

From the semi-conductors and the raw material shortage to a growing need for rare earth, European countries are sensing more than ever their dependence on Asia for their supply chain. The resulting supply chain shortage experienced by Europe has progressively ignited a supply chain transition in the light of taking back control of its raw material and battery value chain.
This article goes through the reasons why car manufacturers are experiencing such a supply chain shortage and highlights some actions that companies and countries are taking, in order for them to decrease their dependency on Asia.

Data is core to our lives and businesses, and the mobility industry is not an exception. While there are still some concerns about privacy and digital protection, sharing data between users, public authorities and mobility-related organisations seem to present endless benefits. Open data is key to solve important challenges related to urban planning, road safety, and business efficiency as well as an important driver of seamless mobility experience for users. Combined with V2X application, the usage of digital insights from mobility users and vehicle sensors is getting gradually an indispensable enabler for successful business and sustainable cities of tomorrow.

Arval specialises in full-service vehicle leasing and new sustainable mobility solutions. Thanks to the quality of its customer-centric approach and its visionary and robust strategic plan, Arval Beyond, once again in 2021, Arval excelled compared to the rest of the market. An outstanding performance in view of the challenges associated with the pandemic, the shortage of semi-conductors and a challenging overall context in the automotive sector.

As 2022 begins, Arval Mobility Observatory is pleased to share with you a synthesis of changes to statutory taxation and the associated mechanisms evolutions in Europe, by country. As follows, you will find a non-exhaustive list highlighting the evolution of Governmental taxation, grants and bonus schemes for 2022 in some European countries (such as Belgium, Germany, Italy, Austria, Finland, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands and France) and the U.K.