A free app has launched that will forever change the way drivers buy car insurance and make it cheaper for drivers – and young drivers in particular - to get covered. honcho, which is the first reverse-auction marketplace app in the UK, requires insurers to bid against each other for customers, competing for their custom in real-time and the bidding process takes just 30 seconds, with three … [Read more...]
£2 Billion Dyson electric car project stops
The £2-Billion Dyson electric car project is dead. In an email to staff yesterday, Sir James Dyson said it was no longer considered a commercially viable project and the 500 people engaged in developing the car would be relocated. Dyson had been working on his idea for a groundbreaking mass market electric car for over three years and bought a former UK airfield to set up an R&D base and … [Read more...]
Sporting lines 5 September
Following the outstanding success of Asif Kapadia’s award-winning documentary on Formula 1 driver SENNA we have upcoming documentary Rapid Response out in UK cinemas 6 September, which looks at revolutionary safety in motorsports. Rapid Response is a fast-paced documentary that tells the story of medical and safety professionals who refused to accept the high mortality rate among race car … [Read more...]
Help for supply chain to meet zero strategy
Automotive technology companies looking to support the government’s road to zero strategy through the development and manufacture of low carbon vehicle technology will have the opportunity to receive new levels of advice, insight and support from leading industry experts at LCV2019. Hosted on the UK Government Pavilion, managed by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), the new ‘Meet the Experts’ … [Read more...]
Swansea welcomes a UK first
Some of the world’s most advanced cars will be gathering in Swansea today for Britain’s first exclusively low carbon rally. Toyota and Hyundai fuel cell models will line up with a wide range of battery electric vehicles from nearly every manufacturer selling in Britain to compete in the Green Dragon EV Rally and Show on Saturday. Streets around Castle Square will be filled with … [Read more...]
Wales to host Britain’s greenest ever motorsport event
Britain’s greenest-ever rally is taking place in Wales next weekend. The Green Dragon EV Rally is exclusively for hydrogen and pure electric cars and is based in Swansea, where Sir William Robert Grove invented the fuel cell in the 1840s. The event also breaks ground as it’s not only the first low carbon rally to be held in Britain, but it also allows any driver with a battery electric vehicle … [Read more...]
Hyundai lets power go to its head
Hyundai Motor is launching its first car with a solar roof charging system. This groundbreaking eco-friendly technology will provide vehicles with additional electrical power, as well as increasing fuel efficiency and driving range. Hyundai Motor’s solar roof charging system makes its debut on the New Sonata Hybrid. The system supports the vehicle’s electric power source, improving fuel … [Read more...]
Growing a car is future possibility
We could one day be growing our cars. Cars are responsible for carbon emissions that contribute to global warming, but so is their manufacture – and that’s about to change. Now, scientists are working on plastic made from weeds, modular designs and other innovations help the motor industry reduce its carbon footprint even before a new car turns a wheel on the road. The carbon footprint of … [Read more...]