Fleet Europe Interview with Luis Maria Perez-Serrano of CARA

Описание: In this Fleet Europe interview, Luis María Pérez‑Serrano, Chairman of the European Car Remarketing Association (CARA), shares his perspectives on the used car remarketing market in Europe and the key trends shaping its future. As a leader in the industry, Perez-Serrano discusses challenges like odometer fraud, digitisation, data transparency and remarketing integrity, and why strengthening trust and innovation is essential for a healthy secondary car market.

He also highlights CARA’s role in representing the interests of remarketing professionals — including inspection companies, dealers, fleet operators and mobility data managers — and how collaboration, best practices and industry standards can support growth, efficiency and resilience across Europe’s.

Whether you’re involved in remarketing, fleet management, used car sales or automotive data, this conversation delivers practical insights into how Europe’s remarketing sector is evolving and why transparency, trust and tech adoption matter now more than ever.

00:00 – 00:40 Intro & context
00:40 – 02:30 What changed at ECAR in the last year?
02:30 – 04:00 Growing membership & market relevance
04:00 – 06:20 Battery Health Certification: ECAR’s flagship initiative
06:20 – 07:40 Who is certified and why it matters
07:40 – 09:40 EV remarketing challenges beyond batteries
09:40 – 11:20 ECAR Academy: professional education for remarketing
11:20 – 13:10 Vehicle grading: a new European standard in the making
13:10 – 14:40 Why Europe needs harmonised grading
14:40 – 16:20 Sustainability & circular economy in remarketing
16:20 – 17:40 Green logistics & process optimisation
17:40 – End ECAR’s future direction & invitation to join