Geely UK Investment Electric

The London Taxi Company was acquired by Chinese car manufacturer Geely in 2012. It has just finished building a new assembly plant in Coventry, England, to produce hybrid taxis and electric powered vans. The owners sees both the hybrid taxi and electric van as a cleaner alternatives to diesel commercial vehicles, which are heavy polluters.

Carl-Peter Forster, chairman of LTC commented “The

Vested Interest

It's understandable that what affects you is important. That could include something that will raise challenges to your business or cost you financially. However, painting a picture that is misleading or false to achieve what is desired is dishonest. Yet that is the modus operandi of many today and the media are part of the misinformation propaganda.

Take the UK. When the Commonwealth was losing

LDV New Zealand

LDV commercial vehicles has a colourful history. They were part of BL many moons ago, hence the (L)eyland. Later it was owned by (D)AF, therefore the LDV name. In 1993 it became an independent operation and eventually became owned by SAIC in China in 2010 after some turbulent times leading up to that final acquisition. Production was moved from the UK to China.

Things now seem to be on the up

Takata

One song says love changes everything, and so does money. Corruption is rife in the world today and money is so often the motivation. Even human life can be a secondary consideration in the quest to gain or protect money.



Cars are convenient but also dangerous. Safety features are important to consumers and modern cars are full of  such life saving features. I find some such as lane departure

The Car Industry Bully Boys - Part Two

The UK sourced Honda Civic Hatch Stateside


This is a two part series. If you haven't read Part One, it sets the scene for this Part Two. To view that one first, simply click here. In part one, I looked at the pressure UK car maufacturers are trying to exert. I ended the article by asking why aren't European car makers not pressuring the EU to forget about a tariff they have raised and

The Car Industry Bully Boys - Part One

Aston Martin isn't complaining, so why is Bentley? I know why, do you?


It is a well known fact that the car manufacturing industry influences governments (and vice versa). I read not so long back about the enormous political clout the car manufacturing industry has in one European nation. This same industry doesn't have that sort influence in the UK by any stretch.

Of course we all know that