Simon Wait

VDA Trailblazers make headway

The VDA Trailblazer Employers Steering Group meeting took place on Tuesday 10 October at ITAS, Milton Keynes. The meeting saw those involved review the current version of the VDA standard […]

Bluegrasscoms appoints ex-Nissan man

Mike Thompson, Nissan Motor (GB)’s former aftersales director has been appointed as a director of Bluegrasscoms. Thompson was Nissan’s aftersales director for two years prior to being appointed network strategy […]

Car premiums reduced

Car insurance premiums in Britain fell by 1.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2017. That is the largest quarterly fall in more than three years, report Reuters. The […]

Optal secures industry expert

David Punter has joined B2B payments specialists Optal as subject matter expert in automotive insurance. David has spent the past 20 years working with technology companies in the service industry, […]

Uber to appeal London ban

Uber is expected to appeal Transport for London’s (TfL) ban on its services in the next few days. The company had hoped to avoid legal action with a high-level meeting […]

Mirka dashboard protects ‘the environment’

Mirka has developed a solution to enable businesses to monitor the working environment through a series of sensors. Its research and development centre in Finland has developed the myMirka dashboard […]

ClickMechanic wins a hat-trick

ClickMechanic, an online marketplace for car repair, was pleased to accept a record breaking number of awards at the Workshop Power Awards last month. These three awards included Best Tech […]

PPG partners with Renault-Nissan Alliance

PPG has partnered with automotive giant Renault-Nissan Alliance to deliver tailor-made structural adhesives to more than one million Renault, Nissan and Samsung cars across Europe, Asia, North America and South […]

Engineering the Next Generation on air

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and ITN Productions have launched a news and current affairs-style programme ‘Engineering the Next Generation,’ which explores the challenges, careers and future of […]

New buyers favour new models

New research has found that over half of those looking to purchase a car for the first time are looking to buy a brand new car on finance or through […]

Lloyd’s signs AI deal

Post reports that Lloyd’s of London has teamed up Italian technology firm Expert System to bring artificial intelligence into the market. Powered by Expert System’s Cogito platform, it is claimed […]

GM focuses on LIDAR development

General Motors (GM) is set to acquire LIDAR technology company Strobe Inc to speed up development of autonomous vehicles and reduce sensor costs. Kyle Vogt, CEO of GM’s Cruise Automation […]