The Power of Incremental Change and the Quest for Perfection
Toyota spends in excess of $10bn annually on automotive research and development. That pile of money buys the company incremental improvements in nearly all...
Getting out-of-shape: Bentley forced to bend on trademark
BENTLEY Motors has been ordered to destroy a range of branded clothing after losing a trademark battle.
The High Court last year ruled that Bentley...
Red alert from UK’s car industry as it ponders threat of...
A WARNING light is flickering on the dashboard of the UK car industry as it trundles helplessly towards the possibility of a no-deal Brexit.
The...
EV News Round-up Winter 2019-20
By RICHARD THOMAS
THE MOST-CLICKED recent news story in the world of electric vehicles has been the launch of the Tesla Cybertruck.
In itself that wouldn’t...
Swede Electric Dreams
Is Volvo’s bid to become all-electric the shrewdest business move of the year, or a cynical ploy to capitalise on the world’s mounting affection...
You want chips with that? Semiconductor shortage hits luxury car market
THE OWNER of Jaguar Land Rover, India’s Tata Motors, has announced a quarterly loss of more than £700m — and says a global semiconductor...
Robotic back-seat driver bid meets opposition from Acea
AN EU SAFETY technology proposal which could theoretically save lives is being fought by car industry lobbyists, according to news reports.
The European Automobile Manufacturers...
EV News Round-up Winter 2021-22
By RICHARD THOMAS
STARTING with company news, UK sports car marque Lotus is following MG to China. It signed a deal with Chinese EV maker...
EV Summit sees charging sites as major block to global uptake
BV’s electric vehicle specialist RICHARD THOMAS reports from the first day of the EV Summit 2021, being held at the Said Business School of...
VW emissions court case forced to find bigger venue for crowds
GERMAN car manufacturer Volkswagen has gone on trial in Braunschweig higher regional court in the first case over the diesel scandal in which emissions...
