IVOTY Jury Meeting 01.07.2019 in Turin

Jul 1, 2019

Jury Meeting

01 July 2019, Turin 8am

Present
TUR, BULG, HUN, CH, CRO, GER, ITA, PORT, SLOV, UK, NOR, IRE, FRA, FIN, SWE

Deputies
NED, GRE, ROM, RUS

Excused
Javier ESP, Alex POL, Leo BEL, Carsten DEN – wished speedy recovery

€36,000 in account

Remaining Members outstanding need to pay in order to vote

 

Mercedes-Benz issues

 

They continue to be  disappointed in their loss of both IPUA and IVOTY, and think the jury hasn’t adapted to the demands of the market with new technology. Have declined IPUA invite

 

GER – confirms MB is disappointed in IVOTY loss

IRE – feeling is leave it as it is, encourage members locally to speak to MB

POR – need caution when selecting who is eligible for the award each year, whether they qualify or not.

 

International Pick-Up Award Test

Negotiations with several brands underway. Confirmed participants including Mitsubishi, Nissan, Ford, Renault, RAM and VW.

Talking with Toyota, Isuzu & SsangYong

Progress with Toyota made

Schedule now published for event from SWE

Send flight details to SWE

Departure flights on Tuesday from 7pm

€10,000 to be allocated to Sweden for hosting event.

 

Website

Change of staff for website design has delayed progress.

Phase 1 – IVOTY website with IPUA section included

Phase 2 – Members section and calendar

Members to please check contact details and send any changes to CRO

 

GER – suggests RSS feed taken from each country’s website

IRE – logos (IVOTY/IPUA) on members websites with click link to increase awareness

CRO – suggests newsletter but warns of GDPR issues.

A suggestion to send it to members for their own distribution as stories will be directly linked to IVOTY / IPUA websites.

 

IVOTY Candidates

 

Ford Transit Custom PHEV

Ford Transit 2t MiHEV

  • Ford event planned for third week September

Fiat Ducato

Renault Master/Opel Movano

PSA Relay/Boxer

Renault Trafic/Fiat Talento/Nissan NV300

PSA/Opel Dispatch, Expert, Vivaro

Iveco Daily

Mercedes eVito (?)

Volkswagen T6.1

  • event mid- August

Volkswagen eCrafter/MAN eTGE (?)

LDV Maxus eV80 (?)

  • NOR, CH, UK, ITA, IRE all in favour of including it in award

Hyundai H1/H100(?)

 

IRE to contact manufacturers regarding the issues discussed above

 

AOB

Special award to acknowledge increasing innovation in sector (CH)

– IRE agrees we need to discuss at a later date with more time allocated plus discussion on the Jury’s White Paper on the Future trends in the LCV sector as proposed by Switzerland and to include input from brands.

 

Look at voting criteria to re-evaluate and incorporate connectivity, driver assistance systems and technology within the vehicles.

 

Meeting ended 9am