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Motor claims still top fraud list

Insurers discovered more than 130,000 individual fraudulent claims last year, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI); that’s the equivalent of 2,500 claims per week, an increase of six […]

Has Project Titan stalled?

Apple could be abandoning its plans to develop its own cars. The company is understood to have sacked dozens of employees working on Project Titan, the name given to its […]

Jaguar sedan cruises into Castle

Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich plant will manufacture the brand’s premium sport sedan, the Jaguar XE, following a £100m investment. The XE will gradually transfer from its current home at Solihull following […]

Appy days for Ford engineers

Ford’s global community has come up with a wide range of smart app concepts as part of a 24-hour challenge hosted by the company’s Connected Vehicle and Services team. The […]

Esure and GoCompare to demerge

Esure and GoCompare have announced they are demerging following a summer review of the business. Esure only took full control of GoCompare last year when it acquired the 50% share […]

Ford adds chariots and bikes

Ford has acquired Chariot, a San Francisco-based crowd-sourced shuttle service, and is collaborating with bike-sharing provider Motivate to expand its transportation solutions in city centres. Ford is also establishing a […]

National opens 108th ADAS centre

The 108th National Windscreens fitting and ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) calibration centre in Inverness has been unveiled. This new fitting and calibration centre is the latest phase of the […]

Zap Digital created for EV product development

The UK’s leading EV charging platform Zap-Map passed a significant milestone in August with 40,000 users – half of the 80,000 EV parc in the UK. Zap-Map’s success has been […]

Millbrook set for Cenex show

Millbrook will once again become the central hub and meeting point for the low carbon technology industry, as it hosts the ninth annual Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) event this […]

Start-ups set to accelerate Belron

Belron’s global initiative, Drive: the startup accelerator, has selected Sorry as a Service as the business to receive its £100,000 investment. The initiative which was run in partnership with investor […]

Call waiting…and waiting

Most fleet managers and drivers wait between 10 and 15 minutes for their call to be answered when phoning an automated service – with 10% on hold for more than […]

RoadSafe welcomes new chairman

Arun Srinivasan has been named chairman of RoadSafe, succeeding Tony Spalding. On taking up the appointment, the managing director of Bosch Mobility Solutions UK, said, ‘Car manufacturers have made massive […]