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Microsoft connects with Harman
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Harman, a connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, has announced a connected car collaboration with Microsoft Corporation at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016. The project will introduce new mobile productivity services, as well as utilise existing products, services [...] -
Fix and RSA sign agreement
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Fix Auto UK has secured a new national agreement to provide motor repair services to RSA Group. The new agreement takes the number of central insurance contracts now operated by the network to five, and enables RSA’s claims team to call upon the network’s 75 bodyshops to provide repair support to its [...] -
DTU confident of battery breakthrough
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Technical University of Denmark is working on a project to develop batteries for electric cars that are twice as powerful as those currently available. Poul Norby, senior researcher at DTU Energy, the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, said, ‘The only real challenge is that the battery needs to be [...] -
GM invests in Lyft Inc
- 05/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
General Motors Inc is poised to invest $500 million in Lyft Inc a sign of plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars with the ride-sharing service. The move is the biggest single investment yet by a traditional vehicle manufacturer in a new mobility company, and is an acknowledgement by GM that the [...] -
Revive! receives IIP accreditation
- 05/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Revive! has been awarded the Investors in People (IIP) accreditation – an international standard for people management. The business which has its headquarters in Rugby spent the past 18 months putting systems and procedures in place to meet the rigorous IIP criteria which focuses on how organisations lead, [...] -
Ford set to triple autonomous fleet
- 05/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Ford is tripling its fleet of fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid test vehicles and will use a new-generation sensor technology as the company further accelerates its autonomous vehicle development plans. This year, Ford will add 20 Fusion Hybrid autonomous vehicles to the company’s autonomous fleet, bringing the [...] -
VW sued by US Justice Department
- 05/01/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volkswagen could face fines of up to £60bn after the US Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against it for violating clean air laws. It alleges that Volkswagen installed ‘defeat devices’ in almost 600,000 diesel vehicles in the US to cheat emission tests. The Justice Department filed the lawsuit [...] -
Young blood to invigorate CitNOW
- 05/01/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
CitNOW has turned to youth to drive sales by appointing four graduate product experts. The new team of Emily Grant, Callum Wood, Ben Davis and Sam Barkham has been created to show the significant benefits of using CitNOW to any dealer's business. They will present the range of video applications to any dealer [...] -
Volvo Cars and Microsoft enable voice control
- 05/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volvo and Microsoft are launching a wearable-enabled voice-control system. Volvo owners will be able to talk to their car via their Microsoft Band 2, allowing them to instruct their vehicle to perform tasks including setting the navigation, starting the heater, locking the doors, flashing the lights or sounding [...] -
Mercedes leads by country miles
- 05/01/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new study has found that Mercedes drivers in Gloucestershire drive nearly 5,000 miles more each year than the UK average. The study to discover driving habits in the UK was carried out by Warranty Direct. It found that Mercedes drivers from Gloucestershire covered an average of 14,684 miles per year, compared [...]