BMW and Mercedes-Benz create Share Now car-sharing alliance February 28, 2019 A car sharing service involving more than 20,000 cars made by BMW and Mercedes-Benz has been named Share Now. The free-floating car sharing service is available in nine London boroughs and comes as part of an alliance between BMW and Daimler, which owns Mercedes. The two German firms also announced on Thursday that they will [...]
IBM’s Watson supercomputer to solve the mobility problem in tie-up with Volkswagen’s SEAT February 26, 2019 IBM and Volkswagen's Spanish unit SEAT have unveiled a standalone app that hopes to predict what mode of transport and route is best for urban users through artificial intelligence (AI). The app, called Mobility Advisor, will utilise the power of IBM's Watson supercomputer to present commuters with the best way to navigate cities, whether that's [...]
Ford links up with London startup What3words for a new way to map the world February 26, 2019 Ford is ramping up its innovation plans as the US car giant today announces a partnership with London startup What3words. The tie-up means drivers will be able to link the What3words app, which has mapped out the globe into 57 trillion 3m-by-3m squares using unique three-word addresses, with Ford's in-car navigation system. The technology will reduce address input errors [...]
Autotech M&A deal value falls to five-year low in second half of 2018 February 20, 2019 Merger and acquisition value in the automotive technology sector hit a five year low in the second half of 2018 as car manufacturers struggled with dwindling demand in China and a global crackdown on emissions. A total of 100 M&A deals were completed in the second half of last year, including Renault, Ford and Volkswagen’s [...]
Paintball, Power Point and trust exercises: How to survive your next team away day February 11, 2019 In 1305, having executed William Wallace in London, Edward Longshanks had to plan how he would run Scotland from afar. Rather than do this from the capital, he took his court to Sheen Palace in Surrey to receive the Scottish commissioners, thus in effect instituting the first strategy away day. And it’s that time of [...]
Match made in Dublin: Manu Tuilagi and Henry Slade are the midfield pair England have been looking for February 7, 2019 As England pulled off a masterclass in Dublin last weekend, Eddie Jones perhaps also stumbled across the midfield match he had been searching for. The combination of George Ford, Owen Farrell and Jonathan Joseph at 10, 12 and 13, brought success during Jones’s early tenure, winning successive Six Nations. But once teams had exploited their [...]
Nissan to cancel X-Trail production plans in latest car industry setback February 2, 2019 The UK car industry is set to suffer another blow next week when Nissan announces that it will be cancelling plans to manufacture its X-Trail model at its Sunderland plant. An announcement will be made on Monday by the company's executives and casts further doubt over Nissan's future investment in Britain, according to Sky News. [...]
Ford confirms almost 400 job losses in first phase of redundancies at Bridgend plant February 1, 2019 Car manufacturer Ford has confirmed around 370 members of staff will lose their jobs in a voluntary redundancy programme at its Bridgend engine plant. It is affirmation of reports last month that Ford will begin cutting jobs at the plant as the company re-evaluates its European strategy. Read more: SSE will sell stake in Scottish wind [...]
Heineken completes £2.2m redevelopment of The Gun in Spitalfields January 30, 2019 Heineken has completed the £2.2m redevelopment of historic East End pub The Gun, the company said today. The Gun, which was first opened in 1929, has undergone a radical transformation since closing its doors four years ago. Read more: Fuller's calls time on brewing business as Asahi agrees £250m deal The makeover, carried out with the [...]
Car thieves can steal 230 keyless vehicles with a relay attack, warns consumer group Which January 28, 2019 Four of the UK’s five most popular cars can be stolen by thieves due to a flaw in keyless unlocking systems, it is claimed. Hundreds of keyless car models are susceptible to a so-called relay attack, which allows car thieves to mimic the passive keyless entry systems to gain access to vehicles, according to consumer group [...]