There may be now lower than two weeks remaining till the January thirty first deadline for entries to the 2024 AM Awards, essentially the most prestigious accolades for UK automotive sellers, OEMs and suppliers.

New classes for 2024 embody the EV Advocate of the 12 months Award, which seeks to recognise the sellers and/or OEMs which can be going farther and quicker to assist the usage of electrical automobiles and their profit to native communities’ air high quality. That is much less in regards to the quantity and extra in regards to the perspective. Entrants, whether or not OEMs or retailers, may have a passionate and educated workforce that advocates EVs; they are going to display nice communications and novel strategies to assist shoppers achieve confidence on this new know-how; they are going to be pondering additional than the sale and can present their means to be the EV knowledgeable for patrons post-purchase and for his or her wider communities.

Whereas for dealerships that are smashing their EV gross sales quantity ambitions in new and used, serving to motorists adapt to this new know-how, there may be nonetheless the EV Dealership of the 12 months Award to enter. It may very well be an opportunity to have fun sturdy efficiency with new EVs inside a franchised community, or alternatives taken to purchase used EVs after their values dropped and retail them on the proper degree.

Additionally new for 2024 is The Sustainability Award. Open to automotive sellers and automobile producers, entrants may very well be companies which might display strategic planning and strong steps being taken to assist construct a extra sustainable and higher future for themselves and their surrounding neighborhood. Elements the judges will search for span from lowering power consumption to waste discount to inexperienced procurement and inspiring a green-minded tradition throughout the workforce.

The judging of the AM Awards takes place throughout March and the finalists will likely be celebrated on stage on the AM Awards Dinner on Could 2nd when every class’s winner will likely be introduced.

Classes nonetheless open to entries from sellers embody: 

• Chief in Range and Inclusion 
• The Neighborhood Hero award 
• EV Dealership of the 12 months
• Used Automotive Seller of the 12 months (Franchised & Impartial)
• Workshop of the 12 months – Impartial & Franchised 
• EV Advocate of the 12 months (NEW for 2024)
• The Sustainability Award (NEW for 2024)
• Franchised Dealership of the 12 months
• Impartial Seller of the 12 months
• Seller Group of the 12 months (as much as 10 websites)
• Seller Group of the 12 months (greater than 10 websites)
• Seller Principal/Basic Supervisor of the 12 months
• On-line Client Expertise of the 12 months – Franchised Seller
• On-line Client Expertise of the 12 months – Impartial Seller 
• Advertising Technique of the 12 months
• Greatest in Buyer Service

Click on right here to learn extra in regards to the classes and full your entry type on-line at our AM Awards web site.