• Range and price remain EV sticking points

    • April 18, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Range and price remain the sticking point for most drivers considering switching to electric vehicles (EVs), according to research carried out by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. It found that 55% of the 1,050 households surveyed cited price as prohibitive, with 56% saying they will only consider an electric car with a range of 300 [...]
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  • Service King announces 20th new site

    • April 6, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Service King Collision Repair Centers has continued its growth strategy by opening its 22nd repair centre in Southern California. One of the fastest growing automotive repair companies in the world, Service King has now opened 20 new locations in 2016 alone and operates 299 repair centres in 23 US states. The company made the announcement [...]
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  • Tony Aquila completes IBIS line-up

    • April 5, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Content Updates, IBIS News
    Tony Aquila, founder, chairman and CEO of Solera Holdings completes the speaker line-up for this year’s IBIS Global Summit agenda. Tony’s story is truly inspirational, from sweeping floors in a bodyshop to creating a multi-billion dollar software company. Solera Holdings, which includes Audatex, Hollander, HPI and CAP among many others, was acquired by Vista Equity [...]
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  • VW joins convoy to Iran

    • April 5, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    VW is understood to be close to a deal to rejoin the Iranian automotive industry. Iran’s ambassador to Berlin Ali Majedi said the company had been looking at the Iranian market for a year and, having studied the capabilities of two car makers, are now choosing which will be their partner. Although Ali didn’t name [...]
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  • Italian and Spanish markets moving

    • April 5, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Although the Italian passenger car market continued to flourish in March, demand in Spain dipped for the first time in 30 months according to IHS Automotive. Providers of global market, industry and technical expertise, IHS revealed the Italian passenger car market grew by 17.4% year-on-year (y/y) during March, with the Spanish market retracting by 0.7% [...]
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