Super car

Hydrogen fuel cell technology promises significant environmental benefits for vehicles of all classes, either as a primary fuel source or a range extender for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). However, fuel cell vehicles have failed to take off in the way that BEVs have, facing headwinds in the form of cost, manufacturing complexity and scaling. This […]

Car retailers have been the target of a “veiled threat” from an overstretched HMRC after the Government body identified the sector as a VAT risk area, MHA has revealed. The chartered accountants said pressure on car retailers to get the VAT basics right had been ramped-up by a September 26 email headed ‘Sale of vehicles […]

The road to a net-zero mobility sector will require a radical rethink of how vehicles are powered. One of the key organisations facilitating funding for UK-based R&D in this area is the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), a non-profit supporting low-emission powertrain technology development. Working with the UK government, the automotive industry and academia to accelerate […]

The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) is set to trial an Electric Vehicle Approved (EVA) accreditation scheme in the used car remarketing sector. Emulating the scheme already introduced for the car retail sector by the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA), the RMI is piloting the scheme to drive electric vehicle (EV) expertise among National Association […]

To unlock transformational business performance, enterprises must be able to employ applications and data at scale across the enterprise IT landscape. Mastering hybrid cloud enables these capabilities with speed and security. The IBM Transformation Index: State of Cloud helps establish an advanced view into the state of cloud transformation year after year. This informs technology […]

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Online fraudsters used headshots of a Hollywood actor and a Financial Times reporter to build a car retail website to scam car buyers out of thousands of pounds. An investigation conducted by the BBC revealed that the website used the images under the ‘staff members’ page of a platform which stole its Auto-Promotions name from […]

Fantasy football has been around since the 1960s, when a part-owner of a professional football team gathered with friends to “draft” athletes into fantasy leagues and accrue points based on the actual performance of those players in their real-life games. It was an early effort to gamify the experience, have fun with friends, and increase […]

Quantum computers are capable of processing speeds over 158 million times faster than a modern ‘classical’ supercomputer. To put this power into perspective, in 2019 Google’s machine performed a calculation in four minutes that would have ordinarily taken over 10,000 years. This problem-solving capacity holds exciting potential in automotive. Source link

Lexus has topped the rankings in the annual What Car? Reliability Survey with “exemplary” standards across its model range. The premium Japanese carmaker proved it was a hit with owners in the same month that its franchised car retailers voted it as the UK’s best automotive franchise partner in the bi-annual National Franchised Dealers Association […]