RAC wins five year British Gas fleet repair contract
The RAC will provide repair management services for British Gas’s 15,000-vehicle fleet from the start of July. The five-year contract marks the first major win for the RAC’s redeveloped Acciden...
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Toyota named Rugby Football League’s car supplier
Toyota has been confirmed as the new official car supplier for the Rugby Football League until 2016. The three year deal will see the Japanese carmaker supply a fleet of 50 Auris hatchbacks, buil...
Alphabet launches EV suitability evaluation service
Businesses can find out how suitable electric vehicles are for their fleet, following the launch of a new solution from Alphabet. AlphaElectric will also support the introduction of EVs into a fle...
First Drive Review: Toyota Auris Touring Sports Hybrid 2013
Toyota proudly proclaims the Auris Touring Sports Hybrid as the world’s first full hybrid compact wagon, but in less grand terms, it’s the same Auris Hybrid hatch we drove at the end of 2012 but wi...
Renault means business with Twizy Cargo
Some may have written off Renault’s Twizy as a gimmicky joke but the French carmaker is showing the world that everyone’s favourite 1+1 quadricycle means business with the Twizy Cargo. It’s virtua...
M6 Toll could be free if link road contract is scrapped
The M6 Toll fee could be dropped if the regular M6 is closed due to an accident or extreme weather. Midland Expressway, owners of the M6 Toll, would raise its barriers to all in such cases if gov...
Smartphones used to unlock insurance discounts
Motorists can use their smartphone to unlock cheaper insurance premiums, as part of a new telematics package launched by Direct Line. Smartphones with the insurer’s ‘DrivePlus’ app installed act a...
EST webinar to address grey fleet and cash opt-out schemes
Grey fleet and cash opt-out schemes will be the focal points of the Energy Saving Trust’s next free online webinar. These topics represent two of the most frequently asked-about topics and the ES...
Future mobility deliberated by automotive leaders
Drivers should be prepared to hand over more and more control of their vehicle as new cars become more autonomous. That’s the view of Richard Parry-Jones, the one-time Ford chief technical officer...
Ford develops blind braking system
Motorists could soon be able to tell if the car in front is braking, even if they can’t see it. The ‘Electronic Brake Light’ system, devised and tested by engineers at Ford’s European Research Cen...
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