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India: all change for ARAI
- February 8, 2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
The Times of India reports that the Pune based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) intends to foray into other business sectors once all the centres under the centrally-funded National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) become fully operational. A total of seven centres will be set up across the country under NATRiP. Some [...] -
Global influencers join IBIS agenda
- February 4, 2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: IBIS News
The line-up for the IBIS Global Summit 2016 is almost complete with some major global names joining the list of impressive speakers. US based, Bradley Mewes – a self-confessed business geek and corporate finance expert – will provide an update on the latest consolidation moves within the collision repair market. One of the hottest topics [...] -
Majority comfortable with driverless cars
- February 3, 2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
A survey from LeasePlan has revealed that the UK public (78%) are the fourth most comfortable with being a passenger in driverless cars behind Denmark (83%), the Netherlands (83%) and Germany (81%). Sixteen per cent of UK respondents were completely fine with being a passenger and 62% said they would feel nervous but still try [...] -
First Dutch self-driving bus trials held
- February 2, 2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
The first driverless vehicle to be tested on public roads in the Netherlands has officially been conducted. The WePod bus is the first of a proposed fleet of autonomous vehicles, and is being tested in the Dutch town of Wageningen. The first trial took place on 28 January, when it took six people on a 200m journey through the [...] -
SUVs were Europe’s top sellers in 2015
- February 2, 2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) were the highest selling cars in Europe in 2015, which meant the sector is top for the first time. The boom in SUV sales saw European new car registrations increase by 9.3% in 2015. The sector saw an increase of 24% to 3.2 million units, which was a market share increase from 19.8% in [...]