Author Archives: Andrew Barnard

Driverless Cars to Be Tested On UK Roads In 2017

| March 5, 2016

Driverless cars are slated to be tested on UK roads as early as next year. Chancellor George Osborne’s impending budget announcement will include his backing of autonomous cars on British motorways. The move is in efforts to introduce a new set of proposal which will allow consumers to buy and drive technology enabled autonomous cars […]

Aston Martin To Build UK Factory In Wales

| February 26, 2016

Aston Martin has found a site in South Wales to develop a £200 million plant to create its new DBX crossover, the famous concept car is now to become a reality. The SUV crossover is expected to hit the market in 2020. This is Aston Martin’s second factory in the UK now, previously they built […]

Nissan Leaf App Pulled Over Security Flaw

| February 13, 2016

The popular Nissan Leaf electric car has pulled its companion app after an IT expert had found flaws where the air conditioning system and heating systems could be hijacked remotely. Also journey data could be pulled. The expert revealed that potential hackers could remotely take control of these systems as long as the hacker had […]

Government in UK to spend over half a million pounds in retesting VW affected vehicles in wake of emissions scandal

| February 5, 2016

In the wake of the emissions scandal, which rocked Volkswagen last year, the UK government is going to undertake rigorous vehicle re-testing. It is expected to cost the taxpayer in the region of £650,000 according to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport. It wont just be Volkswagens that will be tested though, vehicles […]

Land Rover Defender Is No More

| January 29, 2016

Now we are are big fans here of the Land Rover Defender, I am sure many will have shed a tear today regarding the last Defender rolling off the production line. The last one rolled off the production line today and was reportedly sold at auction for £400,000! A classic car for sure right there. […]

First Driverless Cars To Resemble Heathrow Pods

| January 20, 2016

Pretty soon we can expect to see driverless cars on the roads of London. They will also closely resemble the shuttle passenger pods that can be found at Heathrow airport. The group that is behind this project is currently adapting the shuttles for use on Britain’s roads. The exact design that is to be rolled […]

Top 5 winter driving tips

| January 5, 2016

As we all know the weather has been nothing short of grim here in the UK since the start of the year, driving in winter can be dangerous, time consuming and fraught with issues. Read on for our top driving tips this winter. Don’t even drive. Yes I know this goes against type a bit […]

Will Car Insurance Premiums Now Fall in 2016?

| December 29, 2015

Many motoring and government bodies have been cracking down on the amount of false whiplash claims made in the UK. You only have to turn on the television in the daytime to be bombarded with adverts promising you compensation if you have had an accident in the last three years etc etc. Well now it […]

Are Ford Developing A Car With Google?

| December 17, 2015

Reports suggest that conversations are ongoing at the top of Google and Ford right now to strike a deal to collaborate on a self-driving car. This could result in Ford building the car under contract for Google. Sources claim that a manufacturing deal between the two giants has been ongoing for some time. Speaking to […]

Mapping System From Toyota To Utilise Crowd Power

| December 5, 2015

Toyota has claimed that they are going to start using existing technology that is already fitted to its cars to create an all-new real-time mapping service. This new technology will be unveiled for the first time at the Consumer electronics show next month. What it claims to do is to use existing cameras and GPS […]