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Kia names new president
- 21/12/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Kia has announced that Marc Hedrich will take over from Won Jeong Jeong as president and CEO. Hedrich has been with the company since 2015 and steps up from his role as president of Kia France. He said: “The European market is playing an important role in the brand's worldwide efforts to become a leading EV [...] -
Top tips for EV transition
- 20/12/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
E-fleet solution provider VEV has shared its insights into what fleet owners need to do to ensure a successful transition to electrification. It has addressed challenges around inflation, infrastructure and investment, and identified the practical steps fleet managers need to take in the next 12 months. Mike [...] -
BMH completes 1,000th Jaguar bonnet
- 26/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
British Motor Heritage (BMH) has produced its 1,000th replacement E-Type Jaguar bonnet. It was completed on 21 June by the dedicated E-type team of Steve Fry, Alan Stacey, Dave Jeffs and Tom Corfield, who between them can boast 71 years’ service to BMH. Supplied exclusively to Jaguar Land Rover Classic, the [...] -
Kleanbus calls for further government support
- 15/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Expert bus repower company Kleanbus is urging the UK government to take urgent action to accelerate its national bus electrification strategy. Lucy Parkin, director of ESG at Kleanbus, said switching diesel and petrol buses to electric power would deliver significant benefits in terms of pollution, but said wider [...] -
AA Approved Garages solution eases EV transition
- 08/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
AA Approved Garages has launched a new garage proposition at this year’s Automechanika Birmingham, with its new network offering geared towards easing the transition to servicing electric vehicles (EVs). The company, which operates a network of more than 600 garages in the UK, is introducing three new membership [...] -
Ford announces UK job cuts
- 14/02/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ford has announced that it will cut 1,300 jobs in the UK over the next two years. The job losses are part of a wider European restructure that will see the car maker reduce its workforce by 3,800. Most of the job cuts in the UK are expected to be at Ford’s research site at Dunton in Essex, with production [...] -
LEVC sets new course towards mobility
- 21/12/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LEVC has announced a new strategy to become a leading zero-carbon mobility technology company in the next decade. Building on its heritage in developing purpose-built vehicles, the company’s new strategy will see it grow beyond manufacturing to delivering smart, green, safe and accessible mobility solutions to [...] -
SMMT calls for government support to secure growth
- 30/11/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The UK automotive industry has urged government to take rapid action to secure the long-term future of one of the country’s most important assets, while accelerating its decarbonisation. The call comes as the sector finally begins to emerge from the pandemic-induced downturn, with new analysis from the Society of [...] -
UKBIC announces major recruitment drive
- 21/11/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) has recruited a further 100 engineers and technicians. The Coventry-based site provides UK battery manufacturing scale-up and skills for the battery sector. It recruited the extra skills with the help of EVera Recruitment, Europe’s leading battery industry [...] -
Mobility hub receives gold award
- 21/11/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A Devon ‘mobility hub’ delivered by social enterprise Co Cars has been recognised for promoting greener journeys with a gold award from the national shared transport charity, CoMoUK. The site at Seabrook Orchards near Exeter has CoMoUK’s highest standard of accreditation for a new development and is only the [...]