Daily Motor News – Friday 6 June 2025 

ILC ARTICLE

6th June 2025

Why Smart Adopters Win: Three Key Considerations For Tech Leaders

When it comes to implementing new technologies, there’s a case to be made for the first mover and the fast follower. First movers lead the pack. Fast followers take more time to evaluate technology before investing in it. Read more

TyreSafe Calls for Urgent Focus on Tyre Safety as Road Fatalities Stagnate

TyreSafe, the UK’s leading tyre safety charity, today expressed profound concern following the recent Daily Mail article highlighting a disturbing stagnation in road fatality figures and a significant rise in motorcyclist deaths. The provisional Department for Transport (DfT) figures for 2024 show a 1% increase in overall road deaths, marking the first rise since 2017 (excluding pandemic-affected years), and a worrying 9% increase in motorcyclist fatalities. Read more

Safety Vs Savings: Why Experts Can’t Agree on ADAS Impact on Car Insurance Premiums

Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) like automatic emergency braking have been making roads safer for years, but their presence can be viewed as a double-edged sword given their negative impact on auto insurance claims. Read more

Car loan scandal payouts row – what’s it about?

Millions of motorists could be in line for compensation payouts if they were mis-sold finance agreements when buying a car. Investigations are ongoing into activities by dealers and lenders – some of which have now been banned – which could eventually lead to an industry-wide payout scheme to consumers. Read more

Building trust through sustainability

As a major insurance, wealth and retirement business, Aviva touches many aspects of people’s lives, helping them to secure a robust financial future for themselves and their families. But the Aviva purpose of ‘with you today for a better tomorrow’ goes further than simply securing personal financial futures – a better tomorrow is so much more and that’s where Aviva’s sustainability ambition works in conjunction with our core propositions to create a ‘more complete’ tomorrow. Read more

Advancing vehicle autonomy and safety

Technological innovation within autonomous and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) is growing in momentum exponentially, as consumers demand more capabilities from their vehicles. Matching this demand, Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a new range of automotive lidar, clock and radar chips to help manufacturers bring more autonomous features to a wider range of cars. Read more

Tesla admits it would ‘suffer financial harm’ if its self-driving crash data becomes public

Tesla is caught in a legal fight in which it admitted that it would “suffer financial harm” if its self-driving crash data would becomes public, but it’s not for the reason you are thinking. Read more

The BMW Group’s IT and Software Hubs: A key success factor for digital transformation and the software defined vehicle.

The digital transformation of the BMW Group permeates all value creation processes: from vehicle development to production and sales, it is a key factor in securing the company’s future success. Read more

Truck and bus manufacturers urge Council for swift action on revised Weights & Dimensions Directive

Following today’s progress report presented in the Transport Council, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is deeply concerned by the lack of progress on the revision of the Weights & Dimensions Directive. With the clock ticking on the EU’s 2030 CO2 reduction targets for heavy-duty vehicles, ACEA urges member states to prioritise the swift conclusion of negotiations. Read more

Assembling EV battery packs with GM’s Kurt Kelty (VIDEO)

At General Motors, our battery strategy is at the center of our vision for an all-electric future. The batteries that power our diverse EV portfolio come together in an area of our manufacturing plants called “Rechargeable Energy Storage System,” or RESS. Read more

Electric vehicle sales keep rising, but still face compliance challenges – EY comments

David Borland, EY UK & Ireland Automotive Leader, comments on the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) new car registration figures for May 2025: “May’s increase is a welcome boost in the context of challenging market conditions facing UK automotive companies, with continued global trade uncertainty adding a further layer of complexity in the global industry.” Read more

SERMI: What does it mean for the UK?

In the automotive industry, there are numerous rules and regulations that need to be adhered to, whether you are a car manufacturer, a bodyshop or a technician. The latest regulation to be introduced to the industry is SERMI. Before we dive into what SERMI is, let’s remind ourselves of how it came into being. Read more

Switch appoints Fleet Assist for SMR across 25,000-strong rental fleet

Scot Group-owned rental firm Switch has appointed Fleet Assist as SMR garage network partner to support its 85 locations and 25,000-plus fleet of cars and vans. Read more

TyreSafe Joins Forces with Diabetes Safety Organisation to ‘Tread Safely’ on Hidden Diabetes Risk

TyreSafe, the UK’s leading tyre safety charity, today announces its support for the critical new report, “Hiding in Plain Sight: The UK Diabetes Crisis – A Call to Action to the Road Transport Sector.” Read more

AI-exposed sectors see pay and productivity uplift, but job openings rise at slower pace

AI is sprinkling stardust on UK employees and sectors that are best able to use the technology, suggests PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer. Workers in ‘exposed sectors’ (where AI can be readily used for some tasks) are more productive and able to command higher wage premiums. The report is based on analysis of close to a billion job ads and thousands of company financial reports from six continents and covers from 2018-2024.  Read more