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Toyota eyes self-driving 2020
- 06/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Reuters reports that Toyota Motor Corp is aiming to bring to market cars that can autonomously change lanes, merge with traffic, and overtake other vehicles on highways by around 2020. Japan's biggest automaker said in that car of the future, drivers would be able to turn on and off the auto-pilot mode with a [...] -
Ageas joins IFR
- 06/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Ageas has joined the Insurance Fraud Register (IFR). The IFR, which is managed by the Insurance Fraud Bureau, allows members to share details of known fraudsters that can be used to strengthen the initial validation process at the application stage. Rob Smale, claims director at Ageas and IFB supervisory board [...] -
Daimler driverless truck hits the road
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Daimler Trucks ran a real-world test of what it says is the first series-production truck to operate on an automated basis on the highway. The firm fitted its Highway Pilot self-driving system to a Mercedes-Benz Actros truck and sent it out on the Autobahn 8 near Stuttgart in Germany. The truck used for the [...] -
Chartwell technician gears up for final
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
For the second year running a member of the Chartwell team has got through to the finals of the IMI Skill Auto Competition. Daniel Baker has been selected as one of six young technicians to compete in the final of the IMI Skill Auto, Automotive Body Repair competition this year. To have reached this position means [...] -
AA joins TyreSafe
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
AA Tyres, the new mobile tyre fitting business of the Automobile Association, has joined TyreSafe’s growing membership. ‘TyreSafe is delighted to welcome the AA and its mobile tyre fitting business, AA Tyres, to its membership,’ said Stuart Jackson, chairman, TyreSafe. ‘Breakdown recovery services deal with [...] -
Abolition of VIC check scheme
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The Vehicle Identity Check (VIC) scheme that is required before repaired write-offs are allowed back on the road is to be abolished from 26 October 2015. Discarding VIC has the following implications for vehicle owners: From 26 October 2015 a new simpler process that will not require a VIC where the insurer has [...] -
Wireless charging to revolutionise car market
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A new study has found that wireless charging is poised to change the way consumers interact with their cars, with an estimated 50 million vehicles offering built-in wireless device charging by 2020, compared with only 4 million this year. The new research from Juniper, found that the technology will enable a [...] -
Volvo reveals new driverless interface
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volvo has revealed one of the industry’s most advanced and easy-to-use interfaces to oversee how drivers will transfer control to a car’s autonomous driving (AD) mode in its forthcoming cars. The advent of autonomous driving technology means that the relationship between a driver and a car’s user interface is [...] -
VCA in conflict of interest?
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The body in charge of examining the practices of the motor industry following the Volkswagen emissions scandal has come under fire after it emerged that almost 70 per cent of its funding comes from the companies it is investigating. According to its latest annual report, the Vehicle Certification Agency receives [...] -
Cash-for-crash fraudster jailed
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A man has been jailed after it emerged that he claimed money for an incident that occurred in Chiswick, yet his accomplice wasn’t even in the country at the time. Mohamed Labre Chiadmi, also known as Adam Leno, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation and two counts of making false declarations to obtain [...]