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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 [...] -
ECP signs deal with Autologic
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Euro Car Parts has agreed an exclusive distribution deal with Autologic, to add Autologic Assist to its Workshop Solutions portfolio. Autologic Assist is the UK’s first fully integrated system delivering OEM-like diagnostics with third-party data and industry-standard Pass Through capabilities. Specialising in [...] -
Chancellor says crisis won’t hurt Germany
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she does not think that the Volkswagen emission scandal will hurt Germany's image in the long-term. The chancellor admitted that the emission fraud committed by the car manufacturer was ‘dramatic’, but said that the industry in Germany overall will be affected. ‘It is, [...] -
More VM’s involved in DieselGate?
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Four major vehicle manufacturers have been drawn into the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal after Government-funded research revealed that their engines are emitting toxic fumes at up to seven times the legal limit. The Institute for Transport Studies at Leeds University tested hundreds of new diesel cars on UK [...] -
Consumers won’t incur extra diesel tax
- 02/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The government has announced today, 2 October 2015, that UK taxpayers will not incur higher Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) if their existing vehicles are found to be fitted with illegal software that manipulates emissions tests. Following VW’s admission of using ‘defeat devices’ in diesel cars, there is an ongoing [...]