Mitas continues Red Bull Erzbergrodeo partnership
Mitas will continue its partnership with the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo extreme enduro event, including the exciting Mitas Rocket Ride and exclusive tyre sales and service at the race site.
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Mitas will continue its partnership with the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo extreme enduro event, including the exciting Mitas Rocket Ride and exclusive tyre sales and service at the race site.
The waiting is finally over as the first Bonus Point Millionaire has been randomly drawn from the huge list of REPXPERT members that scanned LuK boxes during the months of February, March and April – and it is congratulations to Markhams Garage in Kingsland.
Transport for London (TfL) has awarded Zest a contract to roll out 39 new electric vehicle (EV) charging bays across 24 locations in south and southwest London by the end of 2024 including outer London boroughs such as Sutton and Bromley. The charging infrastructure will be placed in parking bays near key routes used for essential road journeys typically made by high mileage, commercial users – including taxis and freight.
vGroup has announced that it’s been selected as an exclusive distributor of a selection of Michelin products by the official licensee holder in the UK. As a market leader of finished products for the car, van, and home vGroup International is pleased to expand its portfolio with the Michelin range.
The 2024 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship calendar has announced after series organisers TOCA confirmed its dates even earlier than ever before. After completing just two events of the 2023 campaign so far, the UK’s premier motorsport series has already locked down its dates for next year, sticking to a tried and tested format.
World-famous F1 legend and two-time World Champion Mika Häkkinen has designed the signature model of a new electric superbike in collaboration with Verge Motorcycles, the electric superbike pioneer. Just one hundred signature models will be produced, making it an extremely exclusive rarity.
Following the news that the Canadian Federal Government and Volkswagen have agreed to invest more than $14.8bn for the construction of a battery gigafactory in Ontario, Lucy Tripathi, automotive senior analyst at GlobalData, ocomments: “Volkswagen is the second largest automaker in the world and the battery cell business is one of its new auto strategies, which will help the company in becoming a leader in low-carbon or zero-carbon emission mobility. The goal of Volkswagen is to have 80 per cent of its vehicles to be electric by 2030.
GS Yuasa has announced that the firm has met its mid-term emission reduction and environmental targets as part of its response to climate change. The battery manufacturer has committed to reducing emissions by 30 per cent before 2030.
People up and down the country will benefit from smoother journeys, reduced congestion, and faster broadband rollout as the government clamps down on utility companies for leaving potholes behind after carrying out street works.
UK new car registrations in March bounced back by 18.2 per cent to deliver the best ‘new plate month’ performance since before the pandemic, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The increase saw 287,825 units delivered, the eighth consecutive month of growth for the new car market, as supply chain challenges slowly continue to ease. As a result, the first quarter of 2023 is the strongest since 2019, with just under half a million new cars joining the road.
Goodyear is launching DrivePoint Heavy Duty tyre monitoring solution to help container handling maintenance managers improve preventive tyre maintenance and reduce vehicle downtime. According to the company, Goodyear DrivePoint Heavy Duty is based around durable hardware and user-friendly mobile and web applications. It uses technology proven in the truck industry but upscaled and adapted for use on larger container handling machines such as reach stackers, straddle carriers and automated guided vehicles (AGV).
Martin Barron has joined Ring Automotive as its new automotive area sales manager Scotland & Northern Ireland. Barron will be travelling throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland visiting motor factors to developing relationships with them and discuss the needs they have for their businesses.
National garage programme Servicesure, run by motor factor GSF Car Parts, has broken records by cutting the most carbon emissions in 2022 through the responsible management of used lubricating oil, of all UK garage networks.
February 2023 marked a significant milestone in the history of original equipment (OE) component manufacturer and system supplier Denso, as it is 50 years since the company opened its first regional headquarters in continental Europe and Denso Europe was established. “The European business began in the Netherlands in 1973, with a workforce of just five,” explains Denso Europe, pan European strategic marketing manager, Fatiha Laauich, “but by 1987, it had grown substantially with the addition of a new facility to remanufacture starters and alternators for Toyota.”
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA), which represents franchised car and commercial vehicle retailers in the UK, has conducted its Dealer Attitude Survey twice a year since 1989, to better understand the relationship between car manufacturers and dealers. “Despite growing discussions and developments between franchised dealers and OEMs, around the future of the automotive retailing landscape, the latest Dealer Attitude Survey reveals a positive outlook and that, on average, relationships have improved over the last six months”, said Sue Robinson, chief executive of the NFDA, commenting on the results of the latest Dealer Attitude Survey Winter 2022/2023 published Monday 20 March 2023.
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