• Investigation finds Uber brakes disabled

    • June 5, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    A federal investigation has found that a self-driving Uber SUV that hit and killed a pedestrian in March had its emergency braking system disabled. The preliminary report, issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), stated that while the vehicle’s guidance system had spotted the woman about six seconds before impact, emergency braking manoeuvres were [...]
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  • Byton targets mass mobility change

    • June 5, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Byton CEO and co-founder Carsten Breitfeld has stated the company has the ambitious goal of changing the world of mobility. Some six month after the world premiere of the Byton Concept at the world’s largest trade fair for consumer electronics, CES in Las Vegas, Carsten said, ‘We have set the ambitious goal of changing the [...]
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  • NARS and Fix head for IBIS

    • June 5, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    The IBIS Global Summit 2018 – themed Challenging Perspectives – will bring together two major collision repair operations from two very different markets from across the world. During the session ‘Collision repair across the world’, Frank Liu, CEO of Fix Auto China and Michael Wilmshurst, chief executive, Nationwide Accident Repair Services will discuss the strengths, [...]
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  • IBIS Summit Media Hub

    • June 4, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    IBIS Global Summit 2018 introduces a Media Hub where delegates can meet and greet, read global publications and participate in interviews and photos. There will be a section in the hotel which will be used as an ‘IBIS Media Hub’. In this area delegates will find IBIS’ media partner’s magazines (with their contact details), a [...]
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  • IBIS speaker interview – Jennifer Boyer

    • June 4, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Content Updates, IBIS News
    Jennifer Boyer, global collision business and strategy manager of Ford Motor Company, is one of the influential names set for the stage at IBIS Global Summit 2018. Prior to the event the Dutch trade publication Aftersales Magazine had a brief interview to find out more about her upcoming presentation.   Focusing on innovation, process efficiencies [...]
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