The vehicle manufacturers put forward some novel ideas on 1 April with in-car dating and emoji apps, car drone deliveries and dog baskets all ‘introduced’. Honda announced the launch of a new in-car dating app that helps drivers ‘find love at the wheel’. It claimed the H-Swipe app connects to an innovative digital windscreen and [...]

Cromax, part of Axalta Coating Systems has become a Silver Partner of the Punch Powertrain Solar Team, run by engineering students from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Under the terms of the agreement, Cromax will supply and apply the paint for the specially designed solar car, and will also provide technical expertise and guide [...]

The BBC reports that Lloyd’s of London will establish a new European subsidiary in Brussels to avoid losing business when the UK leaves the EU. The 329-year-old insurance market confirmed the plan as it released its latest annual results which revealed a profit of £2.1bn in 2016, the same as 2015. It said conditions over [...]

US based nextinsurance has launched what it claims to be the world’s first ever chatbot for small business insurance. In partnership with SmallTalk, nextinsurance has developed a fully functioning chatbot for Facebook Messenger to make the sign up for insurance fast and easy. In a website blog no its website, the company states: ‘When you [...]

The mobility market is evolving rapidly away from a car ownership-centric model to one that is car-access centric according to Frost & Sullivan. Technology disruptions and changing customer preferences are aggressively driving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) toward new business models and service solutions that are application based, on demand, and encourage access over ownership. Most [...]