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Autonomous vehicles to impact insurance

Research has found that 380 million vehicles worldwide will have some form of autonomy in 14 years time, which will have an impact on the car insurance market. In the 2016 […]

Self-drive cars get human touch

A research project that will help autonomous vehicles drive naturally like human drivers has received vehicles and investment from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). Employees of the London Borough of Greenwich […]

Subaru EyeSight reduces crashes

Data on Japanese traffic accidents has found Subaru vehicles equipped with EyeSight technology are involved in 61% fewer crashes than those without. The company analysed a range of data involving the […]

Fuel price fall may encourage car sales

A survey by We Buy Any Car found falling fuel prices meant a significant number of people would think about buying their next car sooner than planned. The research found 5% […]

JLR invests in living laboratory

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) are investing in a 41 mile ‘living laboratory’ project on UK roads to develop new Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) technologies. 41 miles of roads around Coventry […]

Ashmore Ryder installs UV light driers

Ashmore Ryder has introduced the use of ultra violet light to help reduce the time it takes to repair cars. Members of the Irish firm’s paint shop team recently completed training […]

Slater & Gordon in debt restructuring

The UK operations of law firm Slater & Gordon are in debt restructuring talks. A report in the Daily Telegraph newspaper said the firm’s investors hired FTI Consulting for its UK […]

Farécla appoints new sales manager

Farécla has announced the appointment of Jason Thomas as the firm’s new regional sales manager for Scotland and Ireland. Jason has a strong background in the automotive industry, including a long […]

Fix Auto Rochdale unveil expansion plan

The owners of Fix Auto Rochdale have unveiled a £1 million investment to develop additional repair capacity. Phil and Wendy Ewbank have acquired land and buildings adjacent to their existing […]

Doctors call to lower drink-drive limit

Doctors and health experts have urged the House of Lords to approve proposed measures to lower the UK’s drink-drive limit. The calls come after a bill proposing to lower the nationwide […]

Eight million rarely use motorways

A study by the RAC has found eight million of Britain’s drivers rarely use motorways, with 380,000 never using them. The majority of the drivers claim they do not need to […]

Autosaint and Wunelli enter agreement

Autosaint has entered into a new agreement with Wunelli to support its mileage and behaviour based telematics proposition for younger drivers. As part of the contract, Wunelli has developed a […]