Ford employees are tasked with secretly planting wrong and faulty parts onto the assembly line, as part of a process to ensure all new vehicles built at the plant in Valencia meet Ford’s rigorous quality standards. Ford employee, Xabier Garciandia’s working day involves literally trying to put a spanner into the works of one of [...]

Australia’s federal, state and territory transport ministers have agreed new policies to guide road rules on the path towards fully driverless vehicles. Australian governments had been waiting on the opinion of the National Transport Commission (NTC) – which has been conducting a comprehensive review of road rules and stakeholder concerns over the past year – [...]

Car registrations in Europe’s ‘Big 5’ markets saw a small decrease of 0.5% in October 2016, with total registrations for the month at 829,980 – slightly down from the 834,464 registrations seen in October 2015. However, year-to-date registrations totalled 9,339,623 at the end of October – a 6.6% increase when compared to the same period [...]

The US election results have raised questions concerning the future direction of the NAFTA free trade agreement, which has clear potential implications for the auto industry. Here IHS Markit offers its perspective. The unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the presidential election potentially presents wide ranging implications particularly for trade both inside NAFTA and in [...]

Service King Collision Repair Centres has welcomed the next wave of apprentice technicians to its apprentice development programme. Forty aspiring technicians are set to join the programme (15 November) at ceremonies across the country. Highlighting the day is a group of 11 apprentices set to take part in a Signing Day celebration in Houston at [...]