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BCS partners with DriveTribe

The Blenheim Palace Classic & Supercar show (BCS) has started a new partnership with DriveTribe, which will be the show’s official media partner for this year. The automotive publishing platform […]

Blue Bidco to buy Esure

Esure has been given a takeover offer from Blue Bidco, appraising the insurer at £1.2bn, according to Insuranceage. Independent directors of Esure and Bidco’s board have reached an agreement on […]

Keyless technology blamed for theft rise

Car theft is on the increase in the UK and Wales, rising 15% from 2016 to 2018, and 40% in the last five years. Police have blamed keyless car technology […]

Allianz and IVR training course

Allianz Partners’ new electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid training course, launched in partnership with the Institute of Vehicle Recovery (IVR), has been met with an overwhelming response from industry professionals. […]

Amazon insurance on the cards?

More than £80m was wiped off the value of Moneysupermarket yesterday when it emerged that Amazon could be about to enter the UK insurance market. It has been reported that […]

Failed MOTs not being repaired

New data shows that less than half of vehicles flagged as needing urgently required work during services were actually repaired in June 2018, with 40% of motorists who had MOT-failing […]

Self-driving fleet goes live

A fleet of self-driving vans has gone into service in Texas, USA, in the world’s first full-scale fleet trial of fully autonomous technology. The vans, based on the Nissan e-NV200 […]

Opp-Charge fleet launches in Yorkshire

The UK’s first fleet of buses to use Opportunity Charging, or Opp-Charge, technology is going into service in the North Yorkshire town of Harrogate this weekend. The Harrogate Bus Company, […]

AI simulation for autonomous testing

Ordnance Survey (OS) is one of 11 partners in OmniCAV, a £3.9m project to develop a world-first artificial intelligence-based simulation model for testing autonomous car safety. The simulation environment will […]

Calls for tighter exhaust regulations

Euro Car Parts is calling for tighter regulation around sales of exhaust systems as the Department for Transport (DfT) looks to reduce the number of non-compliant products being sold and […]

AEB could stop 2,500 accidents

Fitting autonomous emergency braking systems as standard on all commercial vehicles in the UK has the potential to stop almost 2,500 crashes per year. Analysis of Department for Transport van […]

Chris Hollins confirmed for #BE2018

bodyshop magazine is delighted to announce that Chris Hollins will present the bodyshop Event and Awards 2018, taking place at the Hilton Metropole Birmingham on 27 and 28 September. Chris […]