Wayne Pearson

Jan 21, 2025 | premium.goauto.com.au | Wayne Pearson

AS 2025 kicks off, we are seeing more and more dealers opening new facilities for EV brands. This makes total sense. The National Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) has kicked off as of this month. That is making selling EVs a necessity for OEMs in a balanced portfolio designed to reduce the carbon tax they would inevitably have to pay on their ICE imports. For the EV-only brands it is a great business model as they can sell their carbon credits into the market.

May 6, 2024 | premium.goauto.com.au | Wayne Pearson

IF I have learnt one thing in the past 40-odd years in the car industry, it is that while 95 per cent of Australians have a job, they will continue to buy cars. We will keep selling 3.5 to 4 million new and used cars a year. Whether dealers do the heavy lifting, or the lead generators in the private market, it is ultimately a question of execution.

Jul 1, 2023 | premium.goauto.com.au | Steve Bragg |John Gavljak |Wayne Pearson |Aidan Cousin

PART ONE: Moving from Sunset to Sunrise …: CLICK HEREPART TWO: The top 10 challenges for 2024: CLICK HERELAST week GoAutoNews Premium published part two of a fresh perspective on the auto industry by the Pitcher Partners motor industry services team. Part One told the story of how we got to where we are today in automotive retailing and how we are at the end of a five-decades long decline and transition.

Jun 26, 2023 | premium.goauto.com.au | Steve Bragg |John Gavljak |Wayne Pearson |Aidan Cousin

PART ONE: Moving from Sunset to Sunrise …: CLICK HERELAST week GoAutoNews Premium began a fresh perspective on the auto industry by the Pitcher Partners motor industry services team which told the story of how we got to where we are today in automotive retailing and how we are at the end of a five-decades long decline and transition.