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Driver training overlooked in new EU safety plan

16 June 2018

A new package of EU transport proposals misses enhancements to driver training, says IAM RoadSmart. The Third Mobility Package was put forward by the European Commission includes proposals for new safety features to be fitted on all new cars sold. It has been suggested these changes could have as drastic an impact on road injuries and fatalities as the … [Read more...]

Automated vehicles will reduce and alter crashes

15 June 2018

Serious crashes on inter-urban roads may be slashed by a quarter over the next 30-40 years with the introduction of automated vehicles. But the ride may be far from smooth, with a mixed fleet transition and vital need for roads that cars can read, according to a EuroRAP report. The report, the third in the “Roads that Cars Can Read” series, examines … [Read more...]

Newslines 15 June

15 June 2018

Flintshire is facing a £2.7M bill to keep roads as they are but would need £40M to fix winter damage across the county network. A report says it has logged 4,000 potholes and crews have been called out over twice as many times as last year and 30 major schemes must be completed over the summer. A Polestar performance package is being created for the new … [Read more...]

Investment growing in automotive sector

13 June 2018

According to the latest data, annual EU investment into R&D by the automobile and parts sector has risen by 7.4% to reach an all-time high of €53.8 billion. This, and many other facts about the industry, were compiled by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) in its ‘Automobile Industry Pocket Guide’, published on the occasion of … [Read more...]

Diesel-gate recall, executives questioned, sales slow

13 June 2018

It has been a bad week for German car makers and it could get worse over coming months. German prosecutors this week widened an emissions cheating probe into Volkswagen’s luxury carmaker Audi and Chief Executive Rupert Stadler is among suspects accused of fraud and false advertising. In 2015,Volkswagen admitted falsifying U.S. diesel emissions tests. … [Read more...]

Hundreds of jobs go as Discovery production goes abroad

11 June 2018

Hundreds of jobs will be shelved in the Midlands after Land Rover today announced plans to move Discovery production to its new Slovakian plant early next year. The Solihull plant employs 10,000 people and will be cleared out to make way for a new range of electric models in the early part of the next decade which will use a multi-mode platform for Range … [Read more...]

Kia US recalling more models for air-bag check

11 June 2018

Kia Motors Corp is recalling more than 507,000 vehicles in the United States because an electronic glitch may prevent air bags from deploying in a crash. The recall follows an announcement in March by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it was investigating why some air bags had failed to deploy in Kia vehicles and its affiliate … [Read more...]

Newslines 9 June

9 June 2018

Opposition Conservatives in the Assembly have announced their ideas to get Welsh people on their bikes. As Bike Week begins, the Tories say if elected they would introduce a bike strategy within 100 days, double length of cycle routes by 2040 and create a communities cycle fund to enable local plans while also increasing the number of secure parking … [Read more...]

The future is sharing, connections and mobility

6 June 2018

The future of transport will be intelligent, resting on concepts of shared, connected and automated mobility. Innovative social, economic and technological concepts are already converging to foster integrated multimodal networks that blur the divide between public and personal modes of transport and, in the process, address challenges related to transport … [Read more...]

Tradelines 6 June