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IMI Accident Repair Group Holds First Meeting on Standards & Practice

The first meeting of the new IMI Accident Repair Advisory Group, held on 2nd October 2019 at Thatcham Research HQ, saw 17 industry stakeholders from both the Accident Repair and Glazing sectors come together to […]

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Claims: New UK Accident Repair Advisory Group Launched

With the goal to ensure consistently high standards in technician competence for accident repair – taking into account the rapid technical development of driver assist systems moving ever closer to higher levels of vehicle autonomy, […]

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Driverless: Thatcham Offers 12-Point Guidelines for Autonomous Vehicles

Thatcham Research is today offering 12 guidelines designed to minimise bumps in the road on the journey towards fully Automated Driving. Developed with the ABI, the guidelines come as Thatcham Research works with International Regulators […]

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Tractable Teams Up with Thatcham Research on Accident Appraisal Tech

Tractable, a technology company that develops artificial intelligence for accident and disaster recovery, announced a series of industry partnerships to bring AI photo appraisal to the North America auto collision ecosystem, following requests from North American insurers. […]

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Thatcham NCAP 5 Star Ratings Published – Which Are The Safest 2019 Cars?

September’s Euro NCAP results have shown that carmakers are continuing to meet the challenge set by the world’s most rigorous car safety tests. Smaller cars from a variety of categories have not only exhibited strong […]

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Tesla Wins Five Star Safety Rating From Thatcham Research

Results for the latest cars to be rated against Euro NCAP’s most demanding tests to date have been announced today. Cars from DS, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Škoda and Tesla all achieved the maximum five-star Euro NCAP […]

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Autonomous Tech: 5StarS Consortium on Driverless Cars Welcomed by Thatcham

A proposed assurance framework launched by 5StarS on connected and autonomous vehicle cybersecurity has been welcomed by Thatcham Research. The consortium, an Innovate UK project which brings together key research bodies (HORIBA MIRA, Ricardo, Roke, […]

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Car Crime up 50% – Keyless Entry Has Been An Open Door For Car Thieves

Modern cars are amazing in many ways, but the car industry has provided thieves with a ridiculously easy method of taking owners vehicles away using keyless car scanning. Add in factors like cuts to Police […]