European Conservatives and Reformists Group MEP Daniel Dalton will be overseeing a revision of laws governing how cars are approved, in the wake of the emissions scandal.
Mr Dalton, who represents the West Midlands region, has been appointed as the ‘rapporteur’ or lead MEP on the so-called type approval proposals, which set out the technical and safety requirements a car must meet before it can be sold in the EU.
A significant knowledge gap on the vital and widespread application of maths and science skills risks damaging the UK’s future according to a new report developed by A. T. Kearney in partnership with the Your Life campaign.
Ford endorses the findings in the “Tough Choices” report, which reveals that the low levels of awareness amongst educators and parents about job prospects for maths and science subjects unintentionally results in young people not understanding the skills needed for success in the workplace.
Volkswagen Group is recalling about 850,000 VW and Audi vehicles in the U.S. due to potentially faulty airbags made by Japanese supplier Takata, which is at the center of a long-running global safety crisis.
BMW says 840,000 of its models in the US will also be recalled for the same issue to be addressed.
In a landmark legal case, AP Racing has been awarded £570,660 in damages, costs and interest following a ruling that Alcon Components Limited infringed the company’s patent protecting the innovative Radi-CAL concept for motorsport brake calipers.
As the highest ever level of damages awarded in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, the case centred around a range of brake calipers introduced and patented in 2007 and copied by Alcon Components two years later.
