Here’s this week’s latest news update from Ennis & Co, where we aim to bring you information within automotive from various UK-based and international media sources.
This week’s update covers the following topics:
· New appointments in the industry
· Automotive trends
· Ennis & Co’s charity challenge
· Diversity & inclusion
· “Ones to Watch”: the latest automotive webinars
| New Appointments in Automotive |
New CEO takes over at Aston Martin Tobis Moers has joined the Warwickshire-headquartered listed company from his role as chief executive of Mercedes-AMG. The appointment was first announced in May with the departure of predecessor Andy Palmer. Read the full article here |
Harley-Davidson Announces New Chief Digital Officer Harley-Davidson, Inc. announced that Jagdish Krishnan will join the company as Chief Digital Officer. Read the full article here |
Hannah Burgess appointed Director of New Vehicle Sales Volvo Trucks UK and Ireland Volvo Trucks UK and Ireland has appointed Hannah Burgess to the newly created position of Director of New Vehicle Sales, based at the company’s head office in Warwick. Read the full article here |
Former Cox Automotive chief sales officer now Affinitiv CEO Sid Nair, who spent a little less than a year as chief sales officer at Cox Automotive, on Monday became chief executive officer at Affinitiv, a leading provider of data-driven marketing and software solutions to the automotive market. Read the full article here |
Ford CEO Jim Hackett is retiring Ford CEO Jim Hackett is retiring, the company announced on Tuesday, and he will be replaced by current chief operating officer Jim Farley. Hackett will stay with Ford until October to help with the transition and remain a “special advisor” through March 2021. Read the full article here |
New global president for Cox Automotive COX Automotive has appointed a new global president with current vice-president of Cox Business, Steve Rowley, succeeding Sandy Schwartz. Read the full article here |
| Automotive Trends Technology  Yamaha is jumping into the electric motor game Like so many mobility companies, Yamaha is looking to bolster its EV nous. Unlike so many of those companies, however, the motorcycle giant is looking to bring that technology in-house. Read the full article here |
| Vehicle to grid technology could address UK’s energy storage challenge The UK government recently announced the removal of planning barriers to building energy storage projects over 50MW in England and 350MW in Wales. This, the government feels, will enable the creation of significant new energy storage capacity. Read the full article here |
| Electric Vehicles Groupe PSA Announces New eVMP Platform For Electric Vehicles Groupe PSA is looking very closely at the electric vehicle segment globally. The group will launch from 2023, adding sedans and SUVs in different regions of the world. These vehicles will benefit from the new eVMP or Electric Vehicle Modular Platform. Read the full article here |
| World first as Nissan accept electricity as payment for parking Electric vehicle drivers will be able to discharge power from their car’s battery pack to pay for parking while visiting the Nissan Pavilion exhibition space in Yokohama. The venue opens to the public tomorrow. The plan is to expand this across the world in the next few years. Read the full article here |
Digital  ‘Hyundai on WhatsApp’ promises these benefits during car servicing: Registers over 1.2 million users Hyundai Motor India Ltd has announced an overwhelming response to Industry First Transactional Chat-Based Medium called Hyundai Service on WhatsApp. Some noteworthy features of this service include like service reminders, service booking, in-service updates, invoice, online payment and feedback ensure a 360° Digital and contactless Service experience to customers. Read the full article here |
| Ennis & Co’s Charity Challenge The Not Forgotten  We’re currently at day five of our fundraising challenge for The Not Forgotten Association, who help combat the causes of isolation and loneliness for the injured and disabled Armed Forces community through social activities and challenges. Bunny has been fantastic this week and has cycled over 10km, which has been matched by the Ennis & Co team, assisted by some very special supporters from Jardine Motors Group. Bunny has featured on BBC Radio Solent this week, as well as on the front page of The Daily Echo and The Hampshire Chronicle. His efforts have raised over £2,700 to date and there are two days left of the challenge. We’d like to say a special thank you to those who have supported and donated. It truly means the world to Bunny, Lynda and the Ennis & Co team. Ennis & Co would be so grateful for any additional support from the wider community, either through donations or in raising further awareness of The Not Forgotten. To find out more or to donate please visit: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ennisco Find out more here |
Diversity & Inclusion How the Customer Experience is Improved by Women in Automotive According to CDK Global, “research shows women are natural CX leaders.” In many of the critical aspects of CX, women tend to perform better than man on average. Read the full article here |
Cox Automotive UK raise £10,000 for mental health charity Mind A 100-strong team of staff from across Cox Automotive’s UK operations have succeeded in raising over £10,000 for the mental health charity, Mind. Read the full article here |
| Ones to Watch Webinars MQTT: The key to scalable reliable connected car platforms 11th August 2020 11:00 AM EDT The connected car has been around for over 2 decades. However, unreliable cellular networks, the limitation of HTTP for bi-directional communication and now the requirement for handling spikes in connectivity traffic have created growing challenges. Increasingly the automotive industry is focused on the need to deliver better user experience, create new revenue streams and improve vehicle performance. To do this the industry is turning to MQTT, a lightweight publish/subscribe protocol, to create a reliable and scalable connected car platform to reach millions of cars. Find out more here |
| Autonomous Vehicles Online August 11 – 12, 2020 | Online Event The Infrastructure and Technologies Enabling AVs in the Public Domain COVID-19 has disrupted our supply chains and accelerating the need to deploy contactless Autonomous Vehicles. Learn how to advance safety and automation to meet new demands. Automotive IQ’s distinguished speaker faculty comprising of safety and design leaders comprises of safety, autonomous, and design leaders that will guide you through the ins and outs of the industry. They have technical sessions ranging from connectivity to simulation to panels to discuss industry roadmaps and advancing testing and prototyping. Find out more here |
