Prominent tyre legislation campaigner, Frances Molloy has described the Secretary of State for Transport’s response to the issue of aged tyres in the market as “weak and lacking in leadership”.
In the midst of party conference season, members of drivers lobby group The Alliance of British Drivers have reaffirmed their hostility to ‘Pay per mile’ road pricing following its re-appearance on the political radar.
Germany will offer green car buyers the prospect of free parking as Chancellor Angela Merkel's government seeks to have 1 million electric vehicles on German roads by 2020, from about 21,000 at the start of the year.
The Government has announced plans to raise the speed limit for lorries on single carriageway roads to 50 mph and the move has generated diametrically opposed views.
In addition to producing tyres, Continental designs and manufactures various automotive systems components, and for a number of years has collaborated on research into automated driving systems.
OMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 627/2014 of 12 June 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 for the purposes of adapting it to technical progress as regards particulate matter monitoring by the on-board diagnostic system (Text with EEA relevance)
Technical harmonisation for motor vehicles and their trailers, implemented at Union level pursuant to Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), is based on the EC Whole Vehicle Type-Approval system (EC WVTA).
It's the most topical and important issue currently under consideration within the automotive industry: TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System). New EU legislation will require all new-type passenger vehicles to have TPMS installed as of 1st November, and Tech Europe has developed a complete TPMS programme to satisfy all demands.
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