All articles by Saad Ahmed

Saad Ahmed

Tesla plans greater autonomy and car sharing

Electrical vehicle manufacturer Tesla has revealed plans to press forward with autonomous features and branch into car sharing.

Clocking fraud costs used motorists £800m a year

Used car buyers have a 1 in 20 chance of purchasing a vehicle with a mileage discrepancy, according to an investigation by automotive checking company hpi and consumer group LicensedTransportUncovered.com (LTU).

KPMG: 90% of insurers unprepared for driverless vehicles

Only 1 in 10 insurers have plans in place for driverless vehicles, according to KPMG.

Intelligent Environments: one in three put off purchase by complicated finance process

Almost one in three (32%) consumers who own a car have been put off buying a vehicle due to a lengthy finance process, technology provider Intelligent Environments (IE) has found.

Low rates boost leasing demand

The market for vehicle leasing experienced a boost in 2015, with 87% of brokers reporting increased demand for leases and other financial products in a survey by the Leasing Broker Federation (LBF).

UPDATED: Close Brothers partner with Clews Competition Motorcycles

The motor finance arm of UK bank Close Brothers has entered into a partnership with manufacturer Clews Competition Motorcycles (CCM).

Online broker Financible launches

Financible.com has launched as a new motor finance broker.

Ford appoints fleet director

Ford has appointed Owen Gregory director, fleet operations for its UK organisation.

Moneyway appoints head of operations

Moneyway has appointed Richard Cox as head of operations.

UPDATED: Record new car registrations in first half 2016, fall beckons

The UK new car market grew by 3.2% to reach a record 1,420,636 registrations from January to June of 2016, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).