Unless you’ve been living on a remote Pacific island for the last year or so, you’ll probably have heard or read something about car manufacturers testing their driverless or ‘autonomous’ vehicles on the road for real. Even if driving laws like the Highway Code are updated along with motor insurance standards to allow autonomous vehicles […]
Autonomous or ‘driverless’ cars are the hot topic these days, not just in the automotive field but also in science, technology and social studies. A few, ahem, potholes stand in the way of them becoming a reality, though, from road laws and expensive prices, to logistics and managing to win over everyday motorists. But there’s […]
Hands up if your smartphone is so important to you that it has pretty much become an extension of your body and you simply couldn’t cope without it. This describes so many people of all ages these days, even grandparents, but it’s especially true with younger people, rather like Carrot’s policyholders. Unless you’ve been in […]
If you and your friends, workmates or family have ever argued over who is the best driver, Better Driver from Carrot Insurance is the perfect way to prove it. Created after the success of our original ‘New Driver’ black box ‘telematics’ and app package for young and newly-qualified drivers with 2 years’ driving experience or […]
In our pick of the UK car-related events coming up in 2016, published last week on The Root, we mentioned the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which happened this month, over the ‘pond’ in Las Vegas. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to have figured out that the CES is all about electronics. A […]
You’d be forgiven for thinking that electric cars will become the norm’ in the near future, as manufacturers, scientists and governments try to peel civilisation away from relying on smelly diesel and petrol vehicles. One of the few snags with the amazing, all-electric Tesla Model S I drove for a week earlier this year is […]
The same question could be asked about grizzly bears, robots and a bottle of green tea effectively costing €50,000. This week, Japanese car manufacturer Nissan revealed to the world the extraordinary lengths it goes to when testing its crossover cars, like the popular Juke. Since 2007 when Nissan first got its crossover thing going with […]
With polluting diesels potentially on the way out in the not-too-distant future and hybrid and electric cars shouting from the rooftops about how green they are, the future of motoring is all going to be down to clever technology, and the hot topic at the moment is driverless cars. Google has its hands in so […]
A few weeks ago, the nice people at Volkswagen invited me to North Yorkshire to drive some of their cars. I was particularly keen to grab the keys to at least one petrol and one diesel variant of their new Polo, to put them through their paces for Carrot’s customers. This latest 5th generation Polo […]
The world of technology steams ahead so quickly, with new versions of smartphones, digital TVs and all kinds of other stuff released faster than most people can keep up with. Car manufacturers are constantly developing brilliant new technology and features, too, to give drivers and passengers improved connectivity, entertainment and safety. Focussing on smaller cars, […]