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RAC breaks £500m barrier

The RAC has reported revenues for 2015 in excess of £500m following an increase in customers from 8.2 million to 8.6 million. Revenues for 2015 were £501m, up from £498 […]

VW profits crash nearly 20%

Volkswagen has reported a 19% drop in profits for the first quarter of 2016, as the company struggles to emerge from beneath the cloud created by last autumn’s emissions scandal. […]

Kone Corporation selects FMG

Kone Corporation, with a fleet of 1,400 vehicles, has signed a two-year contract with incident management specialists FMG. FMG will provide incident management services to Kone’s fleet of 1,400 light […]

Product liability ‘compulsory’ for motor insurance

The UK government will introduce legislation making product liability a compulsory part of motor insurance. Speaking in Milton Keynes, the location of a major driverless car trial, roads minister Andrew […]

Four garage owners convicted of insurance fraud

Four north Cumbrian car dealers and garage owners have been found guilty of large-scale insurance fraud after a four-week trial. Details of the fraud are limited, although prosecutors say the […]

Google opens new self-driving test centre

Google is opening a self-driving car technology center in Detroit to ‘further develop and refine self-driving technology’. The new 53,000sqft site will open in Novi, Michigan, trialing cars provided by […]

Automotive directory goes live

A new digital directory for the automotive industry has been launched by Aesin. The UK Automotive Electronics Capability Directory is set to cover all aspects of automotive electronics such as […]

VW targets one million EVs

Volkswagen Group has set its sights on a million units of electric and plug-in hybrid sales by 2025 in order to meet increasingly strict carbon dioxide emission limits. The car […]

Axalta helps drive change

Axalta Coating Systems is part of Driving Change, a series of four, in-depth online programmes by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), produced in partnership with ITN Productions. Each […]

Back of the net gains

The major industry footballing events of the summer have helped raise over £9,000 for charity with money still coming in. The two charity football matches saw Volvo’s Steve Plunkett’s aptly […]

French fuel crisis taking hold

According to the RAC, the ongoing French fuel crisis has resulted in 53% of the 10,250 French fuel stations now being affected by shortages. On the eve of a bank […]

Testing time for insurers

The UK government has warned that traditional data sources for underwriting motor insurance will become obsolete with the emergence of connected cars. Roads Minister Andrew Jones confirmed the Government’s intention […]