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Musk’s 2020 vision for Apple cars

Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes Apple will have a slice of the electric car market by 2020. At a press conference last week he predicted Apple would provide competition for […]

Enquiries to BEN surge 81%

Enquiries to BEN, the charity dedicated to people within the automotive industry and their families, rose by a staggering 81% during 2015/6. Its annual report found that more than 2,700 […]

Vans are vital for 860 million parcels

The van and its driver are vital to the UK economy with more than 4 million of them on the road according to the FTA Logistics Report 2016, which shows […]

UK spends £21.1 billion on servicing and repair

UK motorists spend a collective £21.1 billion a year on servicing and repair, according to a new report published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The […]

Fuel prices drive down running costs

A fall in fuel prices has led to a 22% fall in the average price of running a car, according to research from Sainsbury’s Bank. It found that the average […]

APIL disputes £3bn fraud figure

The government has been urged to commission independent research into the cost of insurance fraud, with personal injury lawyers disputing the £3bn figure put forward by a special taskforce. The […]

Teenager convicted of insurance fraud

A teenager from Walsall has been jailed a year for selling fake motor insurance. An investigation by the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) found that 19-year-old Azeem Mahmood Hussain was […]

Fiat discovers glitch in 16,000 EVs

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is recalling more than 16,000 Fiat 500e electric cars after discovering a software glitch. It’s found that software errors could cause the vehicles’ control systems to […]

BS 10125 under review

The proposed changes to BS 10125 have been set out and the RMI is encouraging industry stakeholders to review the amendments and leave their feedback. The proposed amendments to BS […]

Nissan switches on solar farm

Nissan’s move towards zero emissions took a stride forward when it switched on a new solar farm in Sunderland, its largest manufacturing site in Europe. Made up of 19,000 photo-voltaic […]

Teenage ghost broker jailed

A 19-year-old man from Walsall has been jailed for selling fake motor insurance to unsuspecting customers, leaving them uninsured and illegally driving on the roads. An investigation by the Insurance […]

BUDD-e wins design award

The futuristic interior concept of the BUDD-e showcar, which was unveiled in the CES show in Las Vegas in January, has received the ‘Interior Design of the Year – Concept […]