EU Commission presents proposal for new framework regulation for motorcycles. Plans to mandate ABS for motorcycles with more than 125 cc displacement from 2017 16 percent of all newly manufactured motorcycles in the EU in 2010 are equipped with the ABS antilock braking system Bosch manufactures the world’s smallest ABS for motorcycles equipped with hydraulic brakes By making ABS mandatory [...]
London, 10 December 2010 – A new survey by Glass’s, the UK’s leading vehicle valuation specialist, via its website www.glass.co.uk has found that almost two thirds (60%) of motorists either agree or partly agree that electric vehicles have the potential to replace their household’s cars. Of this figure, 23% agreed that electric and hybrid vehicles could fully replace their household’s [...]
The automotive industry has won a special Prince Michael International Road Safety Award, for its contribution to road safety over the last 20 years. Since 1989, the number of people killed and injured on the UK’s roads has fallen considerably. All road deaths have declined by 58%, and car occupant deaths, which make up a significant proportion of road fatalities, [...]
HPI joins OFT and Trading Standards in urging consumers to protect themselves from fraudulent used car sellers www.hpicheck.com New figures published today by the BBC* reveal that more than 600,000 cars on Britain’s roads have been clocked so they show lower mileages, increasing their value when then offered for sale. This figure increases to 716,291 when vans and motorbikes are [...]
SmartCharge+ – The Ultimate in Health Care for Car Batteries. According to the AA, a flat battery was the most common breakdown call out they attended in 2008. With 535,500 call outs, this is over 200,000 more than for a punctured tyre. Flat batteries can be attributed to: * Lack of use or only used on short journeys. * Something [...]
Shell Chemicals and Bertocco have jointly developed a system that in a simple and effective way can help reduce the risk of truck roll-over accidents. That is why the two companies receive the 2010 EuroTra Safety and Innovation Award. The award is given once a year by the European Transport Training Association (EuroTra) in collaboration with Volvo Trucks. “Safety is [...]
* New research reveals consumers believe ‘green’ cars are too expensive * Automotive technologies from Bosch could save motorist money and be environmentally friendly Research released today by automotive, consumer goods and industrial company Bosch, has revealed that despite 69% of drivers claiming to do their best for the environment, only 5% of motorists buying a new car would be [...]
Leading accident management company, Easi-Drive is to donate £10,000 to BEN, the Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund. Easi-Drive has chosen the charity as a beneficiary of its WheelsforGood fund, which was created by Managing Director Simon Bellamy, in order to give something back to the industry in which the business operates. BEN was formed in 1905 to help people [...]
Franchise dealership Drive Motor Retail is now offering an all-makes factoring operation to its trade customers by investing in XPart’s All-Makes programme Drive Motor Retail has joined XPart’s All-Makes parts programme, an all-makes parts solution that allows franchise dealers to operate their own factoring operation. Parts manager Mike Brant has already recorded a 15 percent uplift on the company’s non-franchise [...]
RenaultTrucks UK Limited continues to lead the market in terms of the fastest percentage growth in registrations, of all the full range major commercial vehicle manufacturers, to the end of October 2010. The company achieved a staggering increase of 588%, in registrations above 6t, for October 2010, compared to the same period 2009, putting Renault Trucks at 7.5% market share [...]
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