Formula E today announced WAE as an Official Partner of the FIA Girls on Track initiative for the 2022/2023 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season. The next FIA Girls on Track activation will take place during race week ahead of the upcoming 2023 Julius Baer São Paulo E-Prix on […]
Europe’s largest car manufacturing complex is launching a retraining campaign to train and develop production employees in e-mobility. The Volkswagen brand is thus forging ahead with converting its German plants to the production of electric vehicles. Following on from the Zwickau and Emden passenger car plants, the Wolfsburg factory will […]
Kia UK has formed a new partnership with Skillnet, the UK’s largest provider of apprenticeships to the automotive industry, alongside plans to relaunch its proven Apprenticeship Programme later this year. Proudly supporting National Apprenticeship Week, which runs 6th -12th February, the Skillnet partnership underlines the latest in a long list […]
Sixty years after Bruce McLaren made the journey from New Zealand to England to establish the company that still bears his name today, two young engineers have followed in his footsteps as part of a scholarship established in his honour. University of Auckland (UoA) mechanical engineering students Sabrina Yarndley and […]
Francesc Arenas, Hispano Suiza Design Director, is one of the prominent figures who has joined the Auto Design & Sketching online course recently launched by the Petersen Museum and the Yellowbrick online education platform. “It´s an honour and a real pleasure to be included amongst the designers of the future. […]
New research has shown that drivers who have undertaken pre-17 driving lessons are 84 per cent less likely to have an accident in the critical first six months after passing their driving test than the national average. Young Driver questioned 450 past pupils who turned 17 in the last three […]
The Stellantis Student Awards closed its first global program recognising more than 600 children of Stellantis employees from five regions with a monetary award for their dedication to continuous learning and education. The milestone was marked by the first global online ceremony on 2nd December, featuring Stellantis Chairman John Elkann […]
Engineers and scientists from organisations like McLaren F1, Airbus, the NHS, and Haleon, joined over 400 students for the first-ever Brooklands Innovation Academy. Part of the National Science Summer School programme, co-founded by Professor Brian Cox CBE and Lord Andrew Mawson OBE, the all-day event celebrated innovation, human endeavour, and […]
Nearly half (49%) of UK automotive companies are concerned about skills shortages in key roles from research and design to engineering and manufacturing, according to the latest survey by the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The results come as a new automotive Career Guide is launched to attract top talent […]
Did 1930’s safety experts have the right idea when it came to helping youngsters to be better drivers? One company certainly thinks so and it’s even designed and produced the first all-British electric vehicle – which so happens to be for children – to prove it. Back in 1938, the […]
