The influential Welsh Automotive Forum (WAF) has a new Chief Executive Officer, Robert Paul O’Neil. Rob has been the cluster group’s Operations Manager since 2017 and steps into his new role upon the retirement of Tim Williams, who has been Chief…

Cepton Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of state-of-the-art, intelligent, lidar-based solutions, has announced details of its groundbreaking automotive-grade lidar sensor – the Vista®-X90, priced at less than $1000 for high volume automotive applications. The Vista-X90 is the newest addition to…

Vehicle Intelligence Specialist Completes Fundraise to Support Growth : Wejo, a vehicle intelligence specialist, which has previously been ranked among the most exciting companies in the North West, has completed a £10 million fundraise to support the next phase of…

Leading Truck Manufacture’s Commitment to Quality and Customer Service Sees Them Invest In GapGun with Inline Software : Customer satisfaction is of the upmost importance to many truck manufacturers. When a leading truck manufacturer noticed a micro difference in the…

Dassault Systèmes announced that Batz Group, a products and services supplier for the automotive sector, has deployed the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Spain-based Batz Group has been a Dassault Systèmes customer for many years, and decided to migrate all applications to the platform to…

Volkswagen, together with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and integration partner Siemens, is opening up the Industrial Cloud to other manufacturing and technology companies. New partner companies will be able to connect with Volkswagen plants and to contribute their own software…

Bridgestone has collaborated with its long-term partner Volkswagen to bring its groundbreaking lightweight tyre technology to the car manufacturer’s new all-electric ID.3 vehicle. The environmentally friendly ENLITEN Technology, which enables tyres to have a super low rolling resistance while requiring…

The University of Bolton has ‘bonded’ with leading adhesives and sealants company Bondloc UK Ltd which will help students to learn the latest in motorsport industry techniques. The University’s National Centre for Motorsport Engineering (NCME) says that the exciting collaboration…

A Northumberland company that makes components for electric vehicles is drawing up plans to move to a bigger factory and recruit hundreds of staff to meet increasing demand for its products. AVID Technology Group, which employs about 100 staff at…

How to Care for a Classic Car whilst it’s in Hibernation : With most of this year’s road trips and car events cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many classic car owners have found themselves unable to take their cars…