The Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) has named the speakers for its March member meeting, which will explore issues with used electric vehicle operation, preparation, marketing and sales.

The event will explore salient EV issues for the remarketing sector with the help of an expert panel

‘The Questions About EVs Remarketing Must Answer’ event takes place at Cox Automotive, Bruntingthorpe on Thursday 23 March and consists of presentations followed by a panel discussion featuring subjects on which VRA members have voted online.

Speakers include Lorna McAtear, fleet manager at National Grid; Stuart Chamberlain, head of B2B remarketing and partnerships at Arval; Alex Johns, business development manager at Altelium; Jason Miller, managing director at Central Car Auctions; and Audrey Little, research and development executive at Arnold Clark Innovation Centre.

The top five EV topics chosen by VRA members are: a better national charging infrastructure; an independent, industry standard method of checking battery health; reduced energy costs to make charging cheaper, further improvements in EV range; and government support to encourage adoption of used EVs.

VRA chair Philip Nothard said: “EVs are very much the hot topic of conversation within our organisation at this moment in time, especially following the quite dramatic price realignments that we have seen in recent months. Everyone knows that electrification has to happen but everyone can also foresee issues that are difficult to resolve and for which solutions need to be found.

“This seminar is designed to dig down into some of those questions and start to formulate some answers with the help of an expert panel that has huge experience in all keys areas of EV remarketing and operation.”

Further details about attending VRA meetings can be obtained by emailing [email protected].