News

Midlands ‘world class’ for CAVs

Midlands Future Mobility will use over 50 miles of Coventry and Birmingham roads to establish the Midlands as a world class UK centre for the development, and evaluation of, connected […]

Birmingham leads ULEV charge

Birmingham boasted the highest number of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) licenced in the UK at the end of Q4 2017 – with a total of 12,247 ULEVs. This is according […]

Baldwins seeks new apprentices

Baldwins Repair Group is holding an apprentice showcase event at its Corby repair centre site on Saturday, 9 June, to recruit two individuals passionate about vehicles and the motor industry, […]

Digraph names new CEO

Commercial vehicle motor factor business Digraph has appointed Sukhbir Kapoor as chief executive officer. He will over oversee an ambitious growth strategy. Chairman of Digraph, Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia, said, ‘Sukhbir […]

NARS and Fix head for IBIS

The IBIS Global Summit 2018 – themed Challenging Perspectives – will bring together two major collision repair operations from two very different markets from across the world. During the session […]

FOS reports telematics complaints

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received up to 700 complaints about telematics insurance products last year alone. This is according to Insurance Age. In total, motor insurance accounted for 11,887 […]

Byton targets mass production

Byton CEO and co-founder Carsten Breitfeld has stated the company has the ambitious goal of changing the world of mobility. Some six month after the world premiere of the Byton […]

New car demand ‘warms up’

The UK new car market grew by a modest 3.4% in May with 192,649 new units registered, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders […]

Investigation finds Uber brakes disabled

A federal investigation has found that a self-driving Uber SUV that hit and killed a pedestrian in March had its emergency braking system disabled. The preliminary report, issued by the […]

Recommendations key to servicing

Young customers are more reliant on recommendations from friends and relatives when choosing a servicing dealer, according to the JD Power 2018 UK Customer Service Index (CSI) Study. The survey […]

MOT changes putting drivers under pressure

Car garages are already using the changes to the way the MOT works to ‘hold motorists to ransom’, according to vehicle ownership and maintenance expert, MotorEasy. Under the new Driver […]

VW to train EV engineers

The Volkswagen brand is moving ahead with preparations for its major electric offensive by launching a comprehensive e-mobility competence programme. Within the framework of the ‘Future Electronic Engineer Program’ (FEEP), […]