The average price of petrol fell slightly in February, marking eight consecutive months of falls, RAC Fuel Watch data reveals. Motorists have now enjoyed eight months of falling unleaded prices from the beginning of July 2015 when the average price of a litre was 117p a litre. At the end of February, the average price of petrol at forecourts was 101.93p – … [Read more...]
Industry
Wales considered for new TVR car factory
Another radical new British sports car could be built in South Wales after last week’s announcement of the Aston Martin DBX. Yesterday, legendary TVR confirmed it was looking at future production sites in South Wales for its new range of ground-breaking sports cars which use F1 type lightweight carbon fibre chassis and bodies. They would be built on … [Read more...]
Aston Martin team begins work in Wales
Welsh automotive suppliers are lining up to supply the new Aston Martin being made in South Wales from 2019. There are a handful of Welsh suppliers to the Midlands car maker but since it said it would be building its futuristic electric DBX at St Athan and creating 750 jobs, the car component makers in Wales have been thinking what additional equipment … [Read more...]
Aston Martin DBX electric supercar will be built in Wales
Wales has won the bid to build the futuristic Aston Martin DBX crossover. Executives from the company and Welsh Government leaders will hold a press conference in Cardiff this morning to formally announce the project and give more details as well as unveil the electric super car. About 750 jobs will be created when the revolutionary car is … [Read more...]
Smartphone technology now used to measure car quality
More than a century after Henry Ford started the first moving assembly line, Ford Motor Company is applying smartphone technology to his pioneering development. Ford has developed a wearable device and a smartphone app that enables production line workers to make faster and more accurate quality checks on new vehicles. Previously, workers at Ford’s … [Read more...]
Spot checks on German cars
Germany wants to carry out unannounced emissions tests on all automakers to help restore confidence in the industry that was shattered by the Volkswagen cheating scandal. "There will be controls on vehicles in the style of doping tests [for athletes]," Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt told the Bild newspaper. "Unannounced and every year." One way … [Read more...]
Urgent action called for to encourage autonomous vehicles
A new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is calling for urgent Government and industry action to encourage the greater use of autonomous and driverless vehicles. Philippa Oldham, Head of Transport at the Institution of the Mechanical Engineers and Lead Author of the report, said: “We need to urgently resolve legislative, technological … [Read more...]
Toyota to build next generation hybrid engine in Deeside
Toyota Manufacturing UK will build next generation hybrid engines at its Deeside plant in North Wales for a future Toyota crossover model based on the company’s C-HR concept car. The addition of the new high-tech engine to the factory’s production is attracting additional investment of around £7 million in operations by Toyota Motor Europe, including … [Read more...]
Quality must be focus of new transport apprenticeships
The Government’s new transport skills strategy, which sets out how it will create 30,000 apprenticeships in the road and rail sector by 2020, must focus on quality and not just be a numbers game, says the Institution of Engineering and Technology. The announcement made by the Department for Transport today forms a major plank of the Government’s new … [Read more...]
Newslines 27 January
Japanese auto parts makers will be fined for allegedly fixing prices of starter motors and accelerator modules, reports Automotive News Europe. European Union antitrust regulators will punish the world No. 2 parts maker Denso, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and a Hitachi Ltd. Unit. Tootle is a new online marketplace that allows dealers to source the used … [Read more...]
