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AA Garage Guide partners with Motor Ombudsman

Online search and booking platform, AA Garage Guide has unveiled its partnership with the Motor Ombudsman – formerly known as Motor Codes. As part of the new link, the Motor Ombudsman will advocate the AA Garage Guide platform to all of its accredited garages with immediate effect.

22.12.2016

Mercedes-Benz launches Croove, a peer-to-peer carsharing service

Owning a car is expensive, and most cars spend the majority of their lives parked and unused. Renting out your personal vehicle is theoretically a great way to offset the costs. There are a number of peer to peer carsharing services on the market, but nothing quite like Mercedes-Benz's Croove, a P2P carsharing service that starts this month in Germany.

21.12.2016

Volkswagen working to reduce risk of road accidents

For nearly two decades Volkswagen accident research has been working closely alongside the engineers and developers at Volkswagen to sustainably reduce the risk of accidents, providing crucial information for the development of new assistance systems.

21.12.2016

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20.12.2016

Valeo Has Obtained Approval From The Japanese Competition Authority

Valeo has obtained approval from the Japanese Competition Authority (Japan Fair Trade Commission) to take the control of Ichikoh in case of success of its takeover bid launched on November 24, 2016 for the shares of Ichikoh, a Japanese company listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in which Valeo currently holds 31.58% of the capital.

20.12.2016

Can hybrid electric vehicles beat diesels on mpg?

Hybrids have always had a miles-per-gallon advantage in urban driving but new EQUA Index data shows that they are gaining on diesels in motoway or highway driving and, if current trends persist, hybrid electric vehicles (excluding plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) are set to take the lead in 2017.

19.12.2016

Free vehicle factsheet from MyCarCheck

The latest MyCarCheck.com infographic uses Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) data to highlight the most common reasons for MOT failures, including blown bulbs, chips in the windscreen, and worn brakes, shock absorbers and tyres.

16.12.2016

New oil from Exol focuses on Volvos

Exol Lubricants has introduced Optima Vimax VC 0W-20 to its wide range of oils, with the new addition covering a high number of the latest petrol and diesel Volvo vehicles.

16.12.2016

New Continental AdBlue® Urea Dosing System

September 1, 2017 is looming large on the horizon. From this date, exhaust-gas measurements during the type approval of new cars will also be taken under real driving conditions. Since, for nitrogen-oxide emissions from diesel engines in particular, significant differences have emerged between laboratory values and real driving emissions (RDE), exhaust-gas tests on diesel vehicles are increasingly being run under real driving conditions.

15.12.2016

DENSO provides boost for pedestrian safety

Technology to boost pedestrian safety and prevent traffic accidents at night has been developed after DENSO announced it had made significant advances to its in-vehicle vision sensors.