Business

Industry digest: is business politeness becoming too cliché?

Some email cliches have become so over-used that they can now make the sender appear like an inexperienced communicator

26 March 2024
Autocar Business
Industry digest: is business politeness becoming too cliché?
Matt Prior column
Now there’s a rare sight: two traffic police cars in the same place
New cars

The problems with outsourcing police work to cameras

Prior riffs on the cutbacks made to UK police forces and why outsourcing their services only leads to more trouble

25 March 2024
The problems with outsourcing police work to cameras
Adrian Hallmark
Adrian Hallmark last year drove Bentley to its second-best financial performance to date
Corporate

Why Hallmark appointment is a huge coup for Aston Martin

Adrian Hallmark has, remarkably, left Bentley after six successful years to head Aston Martin

22 March 2024
Why Hallmark appointment is a huge coup for Aston Martin
Car sales

Personalisation pushes up profits at Bentley

Demand for luxury cars flatlined last year but the British marque's profits were its second highest to date

22 March 2024
Autocar Business
Personalisation pushes up profits at Bentley
Matt Prior
The Raptor may be seen as a performance car, but 50mph is its limit here
New cars

Why UK speed limits are confusing for pick-up drivers

A confusing mess of speed limit types leaves some vehicles with an unusual exception - Matt Prior explains

16 March 2024
Why UK speed limits are confusing for pick-up drivers
tesla model 3 road test review 20 24 01 cornering front
Should the Model 3's steering wheel indicators disqualify it from being sold in the UK?
New cars

Finally: new safety rules recognise that buttons beat touchscreens

Controls that have migrated away from physical buttons and onto touchscreens has left Matt Prior in despair

7 March 2024
Finally: new safety rules recognise that buttons beat touchscreens
Government and legislation

The government is making its own EV target impossible to hit

Omission of any EV incentives from the spring budget wasn't a surprise, but car makers have reacted furiously

7 March 2024
Autocar Business
The government is making its own EV target impossible to hit
Matt Prior opinion
Mandatory driving refreshers could cure lane hogging
New cars

Should UK motorists have to take driving licence refresher courses?

Some questionable driving standards make Prior vexed, prompting him to talk mandatory refresher courses

2 March 2024
Should UK motorists have to take driving licence refresher courses?
2024 Geneva motor show Renault stand
Renault dominated the Geneva headlines with the unveiling of the production 5
Corporate

2024 Geneva motor show was small but worthy

This year marked the return of one of the industry's biggest events – and proved motor shows still have their place

27 February 2024
Autocar Business
2024 Geneva motor show was small but worthy
Jim Ratcliffe 0743am
Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
New cars

Ineos isn't a rich man's pet project – it's a proper car maker

Owned by tycoon Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos Automotive now boasts a three-car line-up

26 February 2024
Ineos isn't a rich man's pet project – it's a proper car maker
1960s farming
American farmers stalled in their willingness to adopt new technologies
Electric vehicles

History shows appetite can return for electric cars

The stalling point for EV adoption in the UK could have been predicted in the 1960s - by American farmers

23 February 2024
Autocar Business
History shows appetite can return for electric cars
New cars

Will phone payments make car park machines obsolete?

Prior discusses Autocar's research that found that 83% of motorists would use a machine over apps

17 February 2024
Will phone payments make car park machines obsolete?

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