Connected cars will account for more than half of new vehicle sales by 2020. That’s the view of IHS Automotive, which also believes that nearly half of the global fleet of vehicles in operation will be connected by then. Its survey, Connected Cars, found that increased connectivity is driving consumer preference when buying new cars. [...]

MAPFRE has announced a 20% increase in profits for the first half of 2016. The international insurer reported net profits of €380m, while revenues stood at €14,641m and premiums reached €12,080m. Antonio Huertas, MAPFRE’s chairman and CEO, said, ‘These results are the consequence of the strategy set down for the period 2016-2018, which is focused [...]

Guardian Glass, a leading manufacturer and innovator in glass and glass coating technologies, fully integrated its diverse automotive activities in Europe into a single business. Guardian Automotive now combines the company’s European manufacturing facilities and state-of-the-art warehousing and distribution services, which were previously run as separate entities. Guardian Automotive currently has two manufacturing facilities in [...]

Ford has introduced a free tool for smartphone app developers aimed at making it easy and cost-efficient to develop in-car apps compatible with the company’s SYNC 3 communications and entertainment system. With more than 15 million SYNC-equipped vehicles on roads around the world today and 43 million expected by 2020, Ford claims ‘embracing the global [...]

Emtec Colleges Ltd is developing a specialist Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) assessment centre in China after winning a new contract in Nottingham’s sister city of Ningbo. Emtec, a division of Central College Nottingham which specialises in automotive training, has partnered with Ningbo Vocational Educational Centre School (VEC) for the project. The development of [...]