The motor show held during September 2023 featured more Chinese vehicle manufacturers than ever before, just as the European Commission President (one of quite a few) Ursula Von der Leyen decided to shake things up. Alarmed by the wave of Chinese made battery electric...
The automotive industry is in an almighty mess, even though millions of people around the globe are working very hard to fix the many issues. Let’s look a little deeper into the product development chaos, and the effect on the collision repairer, insurer and all the...
Amid four years of studying, one conversation in 1982 with a maths lecturer stood out, and still rings true today. He explained the probability of computing delivering more at lower cost (‘Moors Law’) but this did not take into account the full effect of innovation....
By Andrew Marsh Since this is linked to incentives (tax cash) – for instance, Ofgem via HM Gov have already made it legal to bank wind turbine power, and then sell the same energy that’s already been paid for to the public again ‘via some other means’. To decode: 1....
The automotive aftermarket does rely to a significant extent on the manufacturing capability in the country. If the required parts are used in a vehicle built in South Africa or were fitted to previous models also built there, the supply is driven by the manufacturing...