Jaguar Land Rover this week launched its 2014 Range Rover Evoque WISE Scholarship for young women planning a career in technology and engineering in the UK.
Launched last year by Zara Phillips, the scholarship will offer two young women, embarking on the first steps of their engineering career, an extra boost with financial, mentoring and practical support and one will get £1,000 per year for three years towards their studies, the offer of mentor support from Jaguar Land Rover and WISE, and the offer of a summer placement at Jaguar Land Rover.
SABIC, Kringlan Composites and other industry partners are working to further advance the development of the world’s first thermoplastic composite wheel.
This ground breaking innovation leverages Middle-eastern based SABIC’s proprietary ULTEM resin and Swiss-engineering company Kringlan’s proprietary three-dimensional composite design capabilities to create a material solution that can be used to replace traditional materials, such as metal and aluminum leading to further weight saving and great fuel efficiency.
The pricing for Citroën’s New Relay range has just been released, allowing orders to be placed prior to its 1 July, ‘on sale’ date.
New Citroën Relay panel vans are priced from just £19,405 + VAT for the lead-in Relay 30 L1H1 HDi 110 6-speed manual.
EU transport ministers decided to delay changes to the weights and dimensions rules for lorry cabins, which would allow safer and more fuel efficient lorries to be produced.
Under Franco-Swedish pressure, ministers regrettably agreed to ban the introduction of safer and cleaner lorry cabs from Europe’s roads for at least eight years. In a more positive note, ministers rejected a proposal to allow megatrucks to cross borders.
East London is coming into focus as Britain’s Crash-for-Cash community.
East London motorists are paying over three times more for car insurance than their West London counterparts as a result of accident claims says vehicle camera-supplier SmartWitness, quoting the price of insuring a BMW 3 Series in East London is as much as £712.22 in E12 but only £220.91 in SW15.
Audi Centres are now offering free MOT testing for the life of the vehicle for any Audi model which undergoes a cam belt replacement by Audi approved technicians, potentially saving customers hundreds of pounds bypassing the usual £49.99 MOT test fee.
The offer is fully transferable to subsequent owners, who can also take advantage of free MOTs at participating Audi Centres at any point in the vehicle’s life after the replacement belt, which costs a minimum £499 plus fitting.
