Local Students Get STEM Exposure at McLaren 3
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Local Students Get STEM Exposure at McLaren

Pupils from a local school were the special VIP guests of retailer McLaren Birmingham in Solihull where they got to find out for themselves how pursuing a science or maths based career helps to create some of the world’s most iconic sportscars and supercars. Year 7 students from Alderbrook School met engineers and designers from McLaren Automotive to find out about what inspired their own journey to the luxury car company and how they use their skills to help push the boundaries of technology in the automotive sector.

JLR Develops Projection System for Self-Driving Vehicles POD - 2
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JLR Develops Projection System for Self-Driving Vehicles

Jaguar Land Rover has developed a system that projects the direction of travel onto the road ahead of self-driving vehicles, to tell other road users what it is going to do next. The intelligent technology beams a series of projections onto the road to show the future intentions of the vehicle – for example stopping and turning left or right – as part of research into how people can develop their trust in autonomous technology. In the future, the projections could even be used to share obstacle detection and journey updates with pedestrians.

Jaguar Land Rover Inspiring Talented Female Students with STEM
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Jaguar Land Rover Inspiring Talented Female Students with STEM

Jaguar Land Rover has today launched a campaign to inspire more talented female STEM students to pursue innovative, creative and well-paid careers. The campaign aims to smash outdated stereotypes by giving young women an accurate, in-depth look at careers in the automotive sector with opportunities to meet pioneering women from around the business and hear their inspirational stories. The Furthering Futures launch event attracted 80 talented female A-level and undergraduate students from across the UK. Students participated in inspirational talks and career networking sessions with brilliant women from across the business and learned how to join its growing numbers of female degree apprentices, undergraduates, and graduates.

2018 STEM awards judges
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McLaren Backs Telegraph UK STEM Awards

McLaren Automotive has announced its backing for the 2018 Telegraph UK STEM Awards that highlight science, technology, engineering and maths-based careers. McLaren Automotive is supporting the automotive technology category to emphasize the importance of STEM careers. The Awards – now in their fifth year – are aimed at talented undergraduate level students and showcase the company’s constant drive to hire the best talent needed to develop the next generation of world-beating sports cars and supercars. For talented and ambitious students, the Awards provide a rare opportunity to present their bright ideas to some of the key decision-makers at one of the world’s most exciting car companies.

JAGUAR AND SHELL LAUNCH WORLD’S FIRST IN-CAR PAYMENT SYSTEM 2
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Jaguar and Shell Launch In Car Payment System

Jaguar drivers can now use their car’s touchscreen to pay for fuel with a new cashless payment app. The Shell app is one of several new enhancements to Jaguar’s F-PACE, XE and XF models. Other updates include the introduction of the latest efficient Ingenium petrol and diesel engines and the addition of convenience features such as gesture technology where the sweep of a foot can open the boot.

Bill Toops watercolour painting of Burlen Services in Greencroft, Salisbury where it all began in 1971
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Burlen Ltd Set to Launch Innovative Fuel System in 2017

Burlen Ltd, the world’s only manufacturer of genuine SU (Skinner’s Union), AMAL and Zenith carburetors, is gearing up for an exciting 2017, with an innovative and truly ground-breaking product set to roll out of the workshop. This game-changing launch from Burlen will be an all-new and complete fuelling system that includes a fuel injection device working inside an SU carburetor, and it’s set to completely shake up the market when it’s released in the summer.

MG Works with Schools to Shape Workforce
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MG Works with Schools to Shape Workforce via STEM

‘Engineers of the future’ got a hands-on experience with MG Motor’s upcoming SUV, the MG GS, at a local careers fair and STEM exhibition. Last year, colleagues from MG’s technical centre volunteered to work as ambassadors to close the skills gap that is currently affecting the UK engineering industry. As part of this role, they took along MG’s GS augmented reality kit, to a career fair at Woodrush High School, which generated great interest from students and led to conversations about the work going on at the historic Longbridge site. At the end of last year, the technical centre was approached by an organisation called STEMNET based at the University of Worcester. STEMNET aims to bring the application of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects to life by creating opportunities to inspire young people all over the UK in […]

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New Hethel Lotus Manufacturing Facility Officially Open

Lotus has officially opened its new sports car manufacturing facility at Hethel, naming it in honor of the company’s founder and inspiration. The Chapman Production Centre is a world-class center of excellence that is already building the Emira, the last petrol-powered car from Lotus and the best of breed. […]

Bentleys Crewe Dream Factory Continued Environmental Impact Cuts 1
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Bentley’s Crewe Dream Factory Continued Environmental Impact Cuts

Figures from Bentley Motors Dream Factory in Crewe reveal the British marque is on course to become the world’s most sustainable luxury car brand. The latest available data recorded at the company’s headquarters shows an impressive overall reduction in environmental impact per vehicle when comparing 2021 data against 2020 figures. […]

Land Rover Introduces New Range Rover Velar HST Edition 00005
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New Range Rover Velar HST Introduced

Land Rover introduces a new Velar HST model to the Range Rover Velar family. The HST was first introduced on the high-performance Range Rover Sport and Evoque models and its dynamic character is now available on the Velar for the first time. […]

David Brown Automotive partners with Marshall Amplification to create ultra-exclusive Mini Remastered Marshall Edition
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David Brown Automotive Creates Mini Remastered Marshall Edition

David Brown Automotive has today revealed a limited edition Mini Remastered Marshall Edition in collaboration with iconic audio equipment company, Marshall Amplification. Conceived to commemorate Marshall Amplification’s 60th anniversary, just 60 examples of these ultra-exclusive Mini Remastered models will be built. […]