Category: Features

Perhaps best known in the West for its all-electric buses, Chinese manufacturer BYD has a variety of other products in its armoury. Back in January

Diversity of fleet portfolio The challenges of meeting the transport demands of an increasingly urbanised population was identified as a key industry trend; “The

Electric vehicles on charge Although drivers have concerns with range anxiety for electric vehicle, current EVs offer a realistic daily working range Electric vehicle technology

Achieving the impossible? Battery technology is moving on apace. Until recently, the prospect of a battery electric heavy truck was more-or-less impossible, because

European truck manufacturers supply most of the vehicles used for road transport in Western Europe and all these companies operate globally. DAF is a wholly

The Portuguese automotive market suffered badly during the recession, with a significant reduction in new car sales in 2012 when only 100,000 new passenger cars

Last September the global remarketing giant announced that it was installing a total of 11 double-block auction lanes at Manheim Detroit, Manheim Statesville in North

New Zealand capital Wellington has the distinction of being the southern-most capital city in the world, located near the southern tip of the North Island

New Zealand has been going quietly about its business over the past few years with strong economic growth and further growth predicted of 3% in

Continued growth in car sharing, particularly in Asia, more car sharing company mergers, while others will leave the business, the development of deliveries by aircraft

For the busy executive, salesman or businessman autonomous cars will be a life changer – an opportunity to give time back to people. That’s

Instead of discussing the finer points of operational leasing agreements they seem to be rather more inclined to focus on car-sharing along with mobility packages

If you drive in the Republic of Ireland, there are many similarities to driving in the UK, not least that in both countries, cars are

With a population of around 4.8m, the Republic of Ireland is one of the smaller countries in Europe, forming the bulk of the island of

Risk IFW June16 All new cars acquired by the city of Stuttgart will be electric from now on, says Fritz Kuhn, the German city’s

South Africa has produced motor vehicles since the 1920s, mainly through assembly operations for overseas manufacturers and this is the basis of the motor industry

If you are required to drive in Sweden for business, you will be lucky enough to drive in a country with excellent roads, comprehensive signage

That’s the question being posed by Ralf Lenninger, head of system development, innovation and strategy at Continental’s interior division. Recent onroad trials of eHorizon, Continental’s

Sweden is one of the smaller northern European countries, making up a significant part of Scandinavia with Norway and Finland. With a population of some

If you are required to drive in Austria you will be lucky enough to drive in one of the most driver-friendly countries in the world;

“If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em – or buy ‘em’”. That appears to be the approach taken by the major daily rental operators

Autonomous driving, where vehicles use sensors and computers to automate the driving of a vehicle is perhaps the ultimate use of telematics. What is certain

Poland has a population of 38.6 million, but in 2015 registered just 355,000 new cars and imported over 800,000 used cars. Add that dynamic

Famed for its banking sector, manufacture of chocolate and watchmaking, Switzerland is a comparatively small European country. The US Central Intelligence Agency describes the country

If you drive on business in Poland you will need to keep your wits about you and be alert at all times, as the country

After reading the UK Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) guide to driving in Poland on p31, you might be thinking that the roads are poor,

While big corporations are well aware of the advantages and drawbacks of operational leasing – often referred to as contract hire or full‐service leasing if

According to ABA-Invest in Austria the automotive sector in the country generates €43 billion in revenues annually and employs some 370,000 people in 700 companies.

Business cars account for around half the new registrations in Austria, a market that saw ups and downs in 2015. It began slowly, according to

Autonomous driving, where vehicles use sensors and computers to automate the driving of a vehicle is perhaps the ultimate use of telematics. What is certain