It's what you might call the ultimate expresso of 4x4 living, the Suzuki Jimny Beans. The bespoke, one-off conversion is a fully operational mobile coffee bar used for Suzuki media and promotional events across all divisions of the company of Car, Motorcycle, ATV and Marine products. Based on a Jimny LCV and finished in Chiffon Ivory Pearl metallic with Bluish Black roof, the conversion was … [Read more...]
Industry
Newslines 2 November
Aston Martin expect to sell 10,000 cars, generate £2 billion in revenue and post £500m in pre-tax earnings by 2024/2025 and it anticipates that volumes will increase significantly from Q4 of 2022 helped by orders from the Welsh-made DBX707. The optimistic forecast comes after the three months to the end of September, showed Aston sold 1384 cars – up 3% on the same quarter last year – and … [Read more...]
Cardiff Parkway station plan is in the sidings
The Welsh Conservatives have accused Labour’s transport policy of consisting of nothing but delays and empty rhetoric as plans for the Cardiff Parkway station were placed on hold. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Transport, Natasha Asghar MS said, “When the First Minister took the unilateral decision to go against the independent planning inspectorate and cancel the M4 relief … [Read more...]
End of the ICE age in 2035
Car makers have agreed to end petrol and diesel engine production throughout Europe by 2035. But they say tough emissions targets can be met only if there is a concerted Governments’ drive to strengthen the vehicle recharging network. Following the EU deal on CO2 targets for cars and vans, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association urged European policy makers to shift into higher gear … [Read more...]
Ford ‘fined’ for allegedly copying parts
Ford has lost a US court case and been ordered to pay multi-million dollar compensation for software it used and allegedly copied for “over the air updates”. A federal jury in Detroit ordered Ford to pay Versata Software Inc $104.6 million (£90 million) in damages for breaching a 2004 licensing contract and misappropriating trade secrets. Jurors deliberated over two days before finding against … [Read more...]
Transport Fails Wales, claim Tories
Latest figures uncovered by the Welsh Conservatives show that rail punctuality in Wales will be the worst on record since Transport for Wales took over the franchise in 2018. Commenting on the news, Shadow Minister for Transport, Natasha Asghar MS said, “While rail prices have been rising in Wales, Labour’s handling of our rail services has come off the tracks. “Under the Labour Government, the … [Read more...]
Hydrogen stations on UK Government back burner
News that three of the UK’s handful of hydrogen filling stations are closing at the same time that a raft of new models have been unveiled shows how the country is “slipping further behind” in adopting the fuel for road transport. Peter Golding, managing director at FleetCheck, said that it was clear that other European countries and manufacturers were taking hydrogen ever more seriously as a … [Read more...]
Newslines 31 October
S&P Global Ratings calculates it will be two years before the global car market picks up and blames weakening demand despite supply chain issues easing. The credit rating agency said worldwide car sales were likely to be flat this year, with Europe performing the worst of all regions and it’ll be late 2024 at the earliest before sales even get near 2019’s level of 90m. Volkswagen is holding … [Read more...]
The party’s over for the Ford Fiesta
It's the end of the road for the Ford Fiesta, the car maker announced this week. The highly popular baby Ford created in the wake of the early 1970s oil crisis to get Britons moving again will roll off the Cologne, Germany productions line for the last time next June, after 46 years of sales. But before then, the axe will also fall on the sibling Ford S-Max and Galaxy SUV and MPV models in … [Read more...]
Hydrogen hub proposed for Anglesey
Plans for a public Hydrogen Hub on Anglesey have been approved, paving the way for the first development of its kind in North Wales. The project at Parc Cybi, Holyhead means Green hydrogen will be produced for zero emission hydrogen-powered vehicles, and has received £660k from Welsh Government through the Local Transport Fund while the UK Government has also allocated £4.8 million to the … [Read more...]