The UK’s two top-selling cars in Fiesta and Focus benefit from new Ford security technology which disables their keyless entry fobs when not in use to block illegal hacking. A new motion sensor inside the Ford fob detects when it has been stationary for longer than 40 seconds and triggers a sleep mode, which will not respond to attempts to hack its signal via a “relay box” or through the misuse … [Read more...]
Newslines 18 June
Extended 50mph speed limits begin on the M4 today. They will also apply on selected roads in South and North Wales in a bid to reduce exhaust pollution by smoothing out traffic flow and reducing speed. The Severn Tunnel will be closed for the next three weeks. It will add about 40 mins to rail times around Gloucester while essential work is undertaken to electrify services, but some … [Read more...]
Newslines 25 July
SEAT sees diesel giving way to compressed natural gas as a fuel. The chief executive of the Spanish Volkswagen division, Luca de Meo, believes customers needed “a sensible solution” to overcome any issues and falling diesel sales, he told magazine Automibilwoche. Porsche will decide at the end of the decade whether its latest generation of diesel engines will be its last, Chief Executive … [Read more...]
Newslines 22 March
A fuel cell car developed in Wales has won almost £105,000 of Government funding for its production processes. In the twelfth round of UK funding projects to develop ideas to cut vehicle emissions and help plug-in cars drive further, Riversimple Engineering of Llandrindod Wells has moved a step closer to deciding where to locate the production factory for its Rasa hydrogen car (above). The … [Read more...]