August 22, 2012

Ford launches Drive 4 UR Community Program to raise funding for local non-profit organisations

Ford Motor Company and its dealers have launched a new program called Drive 4 UR Community, which is designed to help raise much needed funding for local community groups and non-profit organisations.

Drive 4 UR Community is very similar in concept to Ford's

POD Point offers free home charging points to electric and hybrid car owners

POD Point, the UK's leading electric vehicle charging company is offering free home charging units to electric and hybrid vehicle owners in East Anglia, the East and West Midlands.

The POD Point charge point is the Solo 2, the latest 'smart' communicating charge

TNT takes delivery of ten Volkswagen Crafter conversions

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has agreed a trial with the UK's leading business-to-business express operator, TNT Express, for ten of its Crafter single chassis cabs with a box van conversion.

TNT delivers up to 150-million items per annum and has the largest

TomTom updates Navigation app for iPhone and iPad

TomTom launches a new version (v1.11) of its Navigation app for iPhone and iPad. Customers with an older version of the app can download it for free. They’ll then be able to navigate to addresses found on the internet, search with foursquare*, and

Mazda MX-5 GT4 now on sale; But you can't take it on the road

Following the success of the Mazda MX-5 GT4 race car in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship, Mazda UK and Jota Sport will be building customer MX-5 GT4 race cars to order for the 2013 season.

Mazda UK entered the Avon Tyres British GT Championship this

Zipcar and the City of Houston launch first-of-its-kind municipal electric vehicle car sharing program

Zipcar, Inc. announced a new partnership with the City of Houston to launch a municipal electric vehicle (EV) fleet sharing program, called Houston Fleet Share. Through this program, 50 existing city-owned fleet vehicles – including 25 Nissan Leaf EVs – will be outfitted

Mercedes-Benz supports research fleet for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Model Deployment

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. (MBRDNA) is supporting the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Model Deployment. This activity, officially launched on August 21, 2012 in Ann Arbor, Michigan,

Nationally recognised Consumer Advocate David Champion to join Nissan

Nissan, which currently is launching five new vehicles in 15 months, announced the hiring of former Consumer Reports Auto Test Center Senior Director, David Champion, for the newly created position of executive adviser, competitive assessment and

Mercedes-Benz and smart pick up a string of high-class design awards

Mercedes-Benz and smart build the most exciting vehicles: this is the conclusion suggested by the results of the latest design competitions. With the '2012 Green Good Design' award, the 'Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design' has paid tribute to the one-off

Bracknell Honda open for business

After an extensive six-month construction programme, the Bracknell Honda car dealership has opened its doors to welcome customers to their brand new residence.

Confirmed as one of the largest stand-alone Honda new car showrooms in

August 21, 2012

BMW Group launches premium car sharing in US

The BMW Group has now extended its premium car sharing program DriveNow to the US. DriveNow starts out in San Francisco with 70 electric vehicles. The innovative mobile parking solution, ParkNow, will debut in the Californian city in September.

"The BMW Group

 
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