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VW breaks ground at CES 2016

Volkswagen has presented two ground-breaking, progressive cars at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 in Las Vegas: the zero-emission BUDD-e van and the e-Golf Touch. The BUDD-e is the first […]

Irish telematics company to double size

Dublin based telematics company, Transpoco is set to create 20 jobs in 2016 which will double its employment to 40. The expansion follows the launch of a new service designed […]

Chris Collings joins Markerstudy

Chris Collings has joined Markerstudy as non-executive director. With a career at Swinton Insurance spanning more than four decades, Chris was the insurer’s longest serving employee, and brings considerable knowledge […]

Finance packages to power 2016 market

Growth in the number and variety of finance packages available to private buyers is set to power the new and used car markets in 2016, predicts Glass’s. In the new […]

Microsoft connects with Harman

Harman, a connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, has announced a connected car collaboration with Microsoft Corporation at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016. The project will […]

Fix and RSA sign agreement

Fix Auto UK has secured a new national agreement to provide motor repair services to RSA Group. The new agreement takes the number of central insurance contracts now operated by […]

DTU confident of battery breakthrough

The Technical University of Denmark is working on a project to develop batteries for electric cars that are twice as powerful as those currently available. Poul Norby, senior researcher at […]

GM invests in Lyft Inc

General Motors Inc is poised to invest $500 million in Lyft Inc a sign of plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars with the ride-sharing service. The move […]

Revive! receives IIP accreditation

Revive! has been awarded the Investors in People (IIP) accreditation – an international standard for people management. The business which has its headquarters in Rugby spent the past 18 months […]

Ford set to triple autonomous fleet

Ford is tripling its fleet of fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid test vehicles and will use a new-generation sensor technology as the company further accelerates its autonomous vehicle development plans. […]

VW sued by US Justice Department

Volkswagen could face fines of up to £60bn after the US Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against it for violating clean air laws. It alleges that Volkswagen installed ‘defeat […]

Young blood to invigorate CitNOW

CitNOW has turned to youth to drive sales by appointing four graduate product experts. The new team of Emily Grant, Callum Wood, Ben Davis and Sam Barkham has been created to […]