Volvo has homologated its entire model range under the new Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP). All Volvo petrol, diesel and hybrid models now comply with the stringent ‘Euro 6d-temp’ standard for tailpipe emissions, as part of the firm’s model-year 2019 range update. The aim of the new WLTP cycle is to ensure published [...]

Web Summit has announced its initial speaker line-up. Now in its ninth year, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to 70,000 for the 2018 edition.  They will travel to Lisbon to hear from the world leaders in tech, politics, sport, fashion and entertainment. Web Summit speakers will include Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter and [...]

The chairman and CEO of MAPFRE, Antonio Huertas, officially opened the company’s new headquarters in London, at an event attended by the Spanish ambassador to the UK, Carlos Bastarreche. Antonio explained that this step ‘underpins our commitment to the British market. Regardless of the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, London will continue to play a strategic role in international insurance, [...]

According to Financial Times, Didi Chuxing, Chinese ride-hailing company, has been given approval to begin testing autonomous cars in California. The new scheme arrives after Uber has been forced to suspend its self-driving car plan after the fatal accident occurred with one of its vehicles earlier this year in Arizona. Umbrellaed with the Department of [...]

Ahead of the publication of the European Commission’s proposal for new vehicle safety measures, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) calls for a strong focus on active safety technologies, which can prevent accidents from happening.  Over the past decades, passive safety systems – like pre-tensioned seatbelts, airbags and energy-absorbing crumple zones – have made a [...]