Automotive
Female hoping to inspire girls to get into traditionally all-male world of vehicle repair
Louise Baker, 37, wants women to get their hands dirty, stop being intimidated in “sweaty and smelly” men-only garages and get to know what goes on under their car’s bonnet.
Dawn Ellmore Employment reviews Apple patent filing outlines biometric vehicle unlocking system
Apple is one of the most innovative and consistently interesting companies in terms of research and development. By following the course of the company’s extensive patent applications, it’s possible to find out what could be on the horizon for consumers. Its latest patent filing to be published is United States Application US2019003957. Originally filed in February 2017, it was published recently on 9 February 2019. The patent is titled: ‘System and Method For Vehicle Authorization’. It describes technology that could...
London taxi decked out as a mobile log cabin complete with roaring FIREPLACE
To help Brits get to work on a chilly February day, the one-of-a kind taxi has been decked out to resemble a country log cabin
Brexit pushes car finance costs up by almost £100 a month
Car finance costs have increased by as much as 49 per cent since Britain voted to leave the European Union, new research has revealed. The tumbling pound has left UK drivers out of pocket by as much as £98 per month, or £4,606 over the course of the full contract. Sterling has tumbled in value from more than 1.3 euros to the pound in May 2016 to barely 1.1 euros in February 2019. This has seen PCP finance costs for...
Couple who visited supermarket car park left note saying: “parent parking no just cos you fat!! Lazy cow”
Ayesha Chambers, 25, did some shopping with her partner Fran and ten-month-old son Freddie at the Tesco Extra in Cirencester., Glos.
Taxi driver who was caught with £4 MILLION worth of heroin in his boot is jailed
Barry Smith, 44, was caught with more than 40kg of the class A drug in his cab when officers stopped his Skoda Octavia on the M6
Banned driver clocked doing 95mph in 30mph zone after nicking his dad’s car before crashing
Chris Hillman, 29, stole the yellow Ford Focus just before 8.30am on New Year's Day
Video shows couple held at gunpoint before being robbed of £400,000 of watches in North London
Julian and Anna Tendler were ambushed on the driveway of their £3 million house before being frogmarched inside and robbed.
Claims Honda is about to close factory in Britain with loss of over 3,500 jobs
Reports say the car giant is set to announce the shutting of the plant in Swindon., Wilts, on Tuesday