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