http://www.autoindustry.co.ukLatest News from the UK Automotive Industryhttp://www.autoindustry.co.ukhttp://www.autoindustry.co.uk/coreimages/newautologo.gifInformation and resources for the UK Automotive Industryhttp://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/19-11-08_3The German competition electronics company Bosch Motorsport has confirmed that is developing a motorsport kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) that will be available on a commercial basis to customers.2008-11-19T18:18:57.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/19-11-08_1The US based Indianapolis Racing League has appointed the Brazilian company APEX-Brasil as the official supplier of bioethanol fuel for the IndyCars series with effect from 2009.2008-11-19T18:15:43.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/14-11-08_2The 2008 Wales Rally GB will be the first in the FIA World Rally Championship calendar to be classified as carbon neutral and a conference on how motorsport the motorsport industry is adapting to the changes is to be held on the eve of the event.2008-11-14T15:49:09.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/07-11-08Ron Dennis the team principal of the 2008 of the Woking, UK based FIA Formula One World Drivers' Championship-winning McLaren-Mercedes F1 team and Chairman and CEO of the McLaren Group, will deliver the 2009 Motorsport Safety Fund "Watkins Lecture" at the Autosport International Show next January.2008-11-07T18:04:30.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/05-11-08_3A report on the website of the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport says that a vote was held at a meeting of Formula One team representatives during last weekend’s F1 Brazilian Grand Prix meeting on a proposal to delay the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) which are scheduled to be permitted for use in F1 from 2009 onwards.2008-11-05T18:00:28.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/29-10-08The Midlands Automotive Division of the UK’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers has organised a lecture on the subject of Aston Martin Racing.2008-10-29T17:26:57.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/24-10-08_4Twelve years after Andy Green OBE and Thrust SSC scythed through the sound barrier on their way to the current World Land Speed Record of 763.053 mph, Green and former record-holder, Richard Noble OBE, are preparing to write the latest chapter in the history of World Land Speed Record attempts, with a 1,000mph bid.2008-10-24T12:57:46.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/24-10-08_3The Leicestershire, UK based innovation company, Pera, has been awarded the contract to deliver the Motorsport Academy on behalf of Motorsport Development UK, the British Government funded business and economic development programme for the UK’s motorsport sector.2008-10-24T12:56:41.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/22-10-08An electrically powered car designed by an ex-Formula One car designer will compete in the 2009 British Speed Hill Climb Championship.2008-10-22T11:20:41.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/17-10-08_2The development of pioneering technology that will be used in the 2009 British Touring Car Championship to test the CO2 emission limits of competing cars has reached an advanced stage.2008-10-17T16:56:30.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/15-10-08_4The Norfolk, UK based ECO Racing team's biodiesel-powered LMP1 prototype car is scheduled to make its competition debut at this coming weekend’s American Le Mans Series sportscar racing championship season finale at the Laguna Seca circuit in California.2008-10-15T17:22:25.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/15-10-08ExpoTech, the new Italian motorsport trade show, takes place on Thursday and Friday at the ModenaFiere exhibition centre in Modena.2008-10-15T17:16:21.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/08-10-08_2Paul Drayson, who as Lord Drayson served as the UK’s Minister for Defense Procurement and in the House of Lords before taking a leave of absence to pursue a dream of racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has rejoined the government as Science Minister2008-10-08T16:51:54.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/08-10-08_1Last weekend the General Motors factory backed Corvette Racing team and the Penske Racing Porsche team won the first Green Challenge trophies to be awarded in the American Le Mans Series sportscar racing championship.2008-10-08T16:50:32.0+00:00http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/08-10-08This coming weekend Formula One will show its support for the FIA’s Make Cars Green campaign by running on specially prepared green-grooved tyres at the Japanese Grand Prix.2008-10-08T16:48:38.0+00:00