FOLLOW UP: INEOS SET TO BE SMART ABOUT THEIR FACTORY
Ineos is in advanced talks with Daimler, over purchasing their Smart factory in France. A bid has been tabled, with the expectation that a deal will be reached soon. This means that the Portugal and Bridgend plants will be shelved. To read more, click the CarScoops article here.
FOLLOW UP: CYBERSECURITY FIRM HIRED TO TEST NISSAN IN 2018
Hari Nada, Nissan Senior Vice President, brought in French cybersecurity firm Waveform, to run a pentest on Nissan in 2018. This is being made out as an attempt to hack Ghosn’s emails, which it is not. When running a pentest you keep as few people as possible in the loop. Question marks will be raised if this invalidates Nissan’s submitted information, as this happened at the same time as Nada was helping authorities. To read more, click The Drive article here.
MINI OXFORD REDUCING WORKFORCE
The Mini plant, in Oxford, is shedding nearly 400 agency staff due to a reduction in demand. As the chaps have discussed before, this is a typical move by car plants, to reduce agency workers in times when demand dips. However, in this instance, there will also be a small number of MINI staff who will be offered redundancy and early retirement. To read more, click the BBC News article here.
GREEN NUMBERPLATES GO ON TRIAL
Nissan dealers are trialling the use of the green segment of numberplates of EVs. The Government will be fully introducing the scheme before the end of the year. Other countries which have adopted this claim that it encourages others to buy zero-emission vehicles. To read more, click the Fleetworld article here.
EU GAINS POWERS TO ENFORCE CAR RECALLS ACROSS EUROPE
The EU has taken the step of adding the power to over-ride an individual country’s vehicle authority and demand recalls. To read more, click the Reuters article here.
SCOTTISH LOW EMISSION ZONES TIMETABLE
The Scottish Government has released information on their proposed timetable to introduce low emission zones to Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh, in 2022. This had been paused due to the pandemic, however, the clear expectation in this announcement is that life will be more or less back to normal by early 2022. To read more, click the Scottish Government article here.
DVSA SITE CRASHES AFTER SURGE OF TEST APPLICATIONS
Learner drivers attempting to book practical tests have been struggling to do so as the site has crashed by the sheer volume of those visiting. There are only a limited number of slots available, which get released in batches. To read more, click the Autocar article here.
Driving licenses, that are due to expire, up to December 2020, will automatically be extended for 11 months from the date of expiry. To read more, click the...
