• Autotech Training names first MD

    • 18 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Autotech Training has named Colin Gleghorn as its first managing director dedicated to the brand The decision to create a role responsible solely for Autotech Training, a division of Autotech Group, signifies a considerable step forward for the company Autotech Training has grown considerably since its launch in [...]
    read more

  • IMI-approved centre to add ADAS/EV courses

    • 3 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Birmingham-based training provider Continental Automotive has achieved IMI Centre status It now plans to deliver a full electric and hybrid electric vehicle training programme The courses will range from one to three days and cover awareness, routine maintenance, repair and replacement and diagnosis All the [...]
    read more

  • Lighting up vehicle charging

    • 18 June 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Lampposts could be the answer to electric vehicle charging, thanks to help from researchers at WMG, University of Warwick in bringing a new brand of charging points to market – some of which are powering electric vehicles on the University campus Startup company chargy created a new electric vehicle charging [...]
    read more

  • Next generation award for energy capture

    • 26 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    University of Glasgow student Morven Fraser was announced winner of the Autocar-Courland Next Generation Award for her innovative energy capturing and storing body panel concept Morven’s energy-capturing system proposes the combination of two new technologies Photovoltaic paint on the major body panels of an [...]
    read more

  • Renault-Nissan to provide largest EV fleet

    • 26 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Renault-Nissan Alliance will provide the world’s largest electric-vehicle fleet ever to an international conference As the official passenger-car provider for the United Nation’s COP21 climate conference in Paris, the Alliance will provide 200 pure electric vehicles to the annual summit which runs from 30 [...]
    read more

  • British motorists urged to go electric

    • 5 August 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    British motorists are missing out on savings of almost £245 billion every year by not taking advantage of ultra-low emission motoring, according to new research released today The figures, from the government and industry-backed Go Ultra Low campaign, show that – while the average cost to fuel a petrol or diesel [...]
    read more

  • VW innovate Automated Parking and Charging

    • 15 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Volkswagen aspires to holding the leading position in the field of automated parking A look into the near future of automated parking is given by 'V-Charge', an EU research project, in which six national and international partners are jointly developing new technologies Its focus is on automating the search for a [...]
    read more

  • Chargemaster acquires GB Electrical

    • 1 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Chargemaster, the UK’s largest supplier and operator of electric vehicle charging points, has acquired GB Electrical, a specialist national contractor that has expanded into the installation of charging points across the country over the past two years GB Electrical currently employs approximately 70 specialist [...]
    read more

  • TESLA MODEL S SURPASS ONE BILLION ELECTRIC MILES

    • 23 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Electric car company Tesla, has announced today that its total worldwide vehicle fleet have driven over a billion miles collectively In just the three years since Model S hit the road, owners across the world have travelled the equivalent of over 4,000 trips to the moon, or almost 40,000 times around the Earth By [...]
    read more

  • Avis orders Europe’s largest EV fleet

    • 29 April 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    In 2014 AVIS ordered 400 Nissan LEAF electric cars and after successfully placing them through its leasing scheme has added the Nissan e-NV200 electric light commercial and passenger vehicle variants to its offering In addition, to continue to meet demand in the Danish market, the company has ordered an additional 60 [...]
    read more