Nissan says there are no safety issues regarding its electric model Nissan Leaf, after a security researcher claimed that part of its software can be easily hacked. Speaking to the BBC, Troy Hunt said the car’s heating and air-conditioning systems can be hijacked while data about the owner’s recent journeys can also be accessed. Although [...]

A new app has been launched to provide drivers with a virtual garage on their handsets. Released by Solera, The Digital Garage enables drivers to access a range of information about their cars in a single location while also receiving timely reminders straight to their phones. The software uses licence plate data to bring up information [...]

December was a record month for electric car sales in western Europe. Sales topped 11,000 in the last month of 2015, and that figure swells to 33,000 if plug-in hybrids are also counted. Tesla Model S and Renault ZOE both topped the sales chart with more than 3,000 units each. Those numbers capped off a [...]

PPG has completed a $7.8 million investment at its Coatings Innovation Center in Allison Park, Pennsylvania, just 20 minutes from its global headquarters in Pittsburgh. The upgrades to the facility include increased laboratory and testing space and upgraded equipment that improves the technical capabilities of the company’s primary research and development facility for paint and [...]

US-based Service King Collision Repair Centers has recognised the growing value of data protection in the industry by naming Anil Varghese as its first ever chief information security officer. Varghese has two decades of global experience in the information technology sector, having worked at American Express and Sony, and his appointment continues Service King’s ongoing investment [...]