• Chris Ollila – Central United States territory manager for VeriFacts Automotive

    • March 5, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Content Updates
    Chris Ollila – Central United States territory manager for VeriFacts Automotive
    Chris graduated in entrepreneurship and business management from East Central University Oklahoma. Chris has served as a body technician, repair planner/estimator, production manager, and centre manager.  His experience in the collision industry spans more than 19 years, enabling him to address the varied obstacles and needs which collision repair facilities face today, all of which [...]
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  • Coronavirus leads to decline in global vehicle sales

    • March 4, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Just 6.2 million light vehicles were sold globally in January, the lowest monthly figure since January 2012, which saw 5.9 million units sold, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Driving the drop in sales was the emergence in December 2019 of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China. The disease has spread rapidly and has [...]
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  • Geneva Motor Show cancelled

    • March 4, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The 2020 Geneva International Motor Show has been cancelled after the Swiss government banned gatherings of 1,000 people or more due to concerns about the coronavirus. The 90th edition of GIMS was scheduled to start on Thursday (5 March) and run until Sunday, 15 March. Show chairman Maurice Turrettini said: “We regret this situation, but [...]
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  • Oxbotica and Cisco launch platform for AV data

    • February 28, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Autonomous software company Oxbotica and global networking leader Cisco have announced a partnership they hope will solve the autonomous vehicle data challenge. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) can collect up to 1.2TB of data per day from sensors such as LiDAR, cameras and RADAR – the equivalent of 500 HD movies or 200,000 songs. This data needs [...]
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  • Tractable secures huge investment boost

    • February 27, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Tractable has secured a $25m Series C investment, almost doubling the total raised to $55m. The latest investment is led by Georgian Partners with participation from existing investors, including Insight Partners and Ignition Partners and will be used to accelerate Tractable’s expansion into new markets from the nine countries in which it currently operates. Alex [...]
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