HBC-System has been appointed as preferred supplier for the newly introduced Honda SMART-repair programme, signing a pan-European three year contract covering 29 countries. Appointed by Honda Motor Europe (HME), HBC has been working closely with HME to design and build an A to Z SMART dealer and bodyshop programme which includes a comprehensive onsite fully [...]

Certified Collision Group (CCG) Enterprise Rent-A-Car (ERAC) have formed a strategic alliance to support CCG’s growing national network of collision repair businesses. The agreement leverages the support of Enterprise’s growing ARMS Business Solutions technology offerings to benefit CCG affiliate collision repair locations across the country by increasing operating efficiencies, enhancing customer service and streamlining communications [...]

Volkswagen plans to cut more than 10,000 jobs as it switches to green technology. That number could rise to 25,000 in the next decade as workers retire. Head of human resources Karlheinz Blessing told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, ‘It’s not about dismantling a few hundred jobs. Over the years, it will amount to a five-digit [...]

Uber plans to deliver flying cars to commuters within a decade through a network of on-demand electric aircraft. It’s published a white paper outlining the objectives of a new project called Uber Elevate, which reveals plans for the development of  Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft  which it says could turn a two-hour drive into a [...]