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🎙️✨ Special Episode of The Steer. We’re excited to welcome our CEO, Jonathan Hewett, as this weeks guest. Tune in as we explore Jonathan’s journey, reflect on the past year, and look ahead to 2025. For the first time ever, this episode is open to everyone, don't miss it! Watch here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d7DUyy2N #Automotive #AutomotiveIndustry #Podcast Victoria Gill

🎉 We're thrilled to welcome our latest intake of apprentices to the Thatcham Research Academy! This week, we kicked off the Vehicle Damage Assessor (VDA) programme, concluding our induction blocks with eight new learners from Activate Group Limited, Solus - an Aviva company, and The Vella Group Repair Centres. 🚗🔧 Our apprentices began with a two-day introduction, assessing vehicles in our dedicated work bays, followed by hands-on Panel and M.E.T. tasks to consolidate their repair process knowledge. Over the next 20 months, they'll embark on seven training blocks, culminating in an end point assessment for their Level 4 VDA qualifications. Thank you to Activate, Solus, and The Vella Group for partnering with us - together, we can help shape a resilient future for the repair sector! 💪 | Dean Lander | Mark Calder | Charlie Holmes | #Automotive #Apprenticeship #SkillsGap #AutomotiveIndustry

🌍 This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Sompo Group all the way from Japan! Our vehicle technology team hosted discussions on requirements for the safe adoption of Automated Vehicles and the challenges faced around establishing liability in the event of an incident. We love working with global brands on the delivery of safe, secure, and sustainable vehicle technologies for the UK market. Thank you for visiting SOMPO – we hope to see you again soon! | Doug Woodley | Tom Leggett | Yousif Al-Ani | #Automotive #AutomotiveIndustry

A fantastic evening at the Industry and Parliament Trust’s Winter Reception at Speakers House. Finally got to meet Hayley Pells in person and made introductions with fellow public affairs professionals who I’m looking forward to working with in the New Year!

In late November, Red Watch crews from Newbury, Wokingham and Maidenhead fire stations visited Thatcham Research to gain experience working with emerging vehicle technologies. This followed a similar visit in August when Green Watch firefighters from Newbury, Wokingham and Theale responded to an incident involving a simulated thermal runaway. Thank you to Thatcham Research for inviting our crews to practice responding to incidents involving the latest electric vehicles. #OneTeamForBerkshire

Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do at Thatcham Research, as we work towards achieving safe, secure and sustainable mobility. So it's always a pleasure to come together with another goal in mind: to have fun and celebrate the incredible individuals who embody our FIRST values.   We received some wonderful nominations for our 2024 colleague awards and here are our outstanding winners.   Fearless - Ryan Heath Inquisitive - Max Norstrom Resourceful – Sean Hoad Supportive – Kathy Madden Trusted – Alanna Forbes Unsung Hero – Alan Grooves Inspiration Award – Rachel Cross Innovator – Craig Sprules    Congratulations to you all and thank you for your brilliant work. 

Fancy a sneak peek? We’re currently researching the new XPENG G6, and Yousif Al-Ani, our Principal ADAS Engineer, is here to give us a tour! #Automotive #AutomotiveIndustry

Check out the latest edition of AUTO BODY PROFESSIONALS CLUB LIMITED to learn about how our new Vehicle Risk Rating (VRR) system will benefit the automotive repair sector.   Dean Lander, head of repair sector services at Thatcham Research, shares his insights on how the repair sector will be supported by VRR’s five assessment criteria – performance, damageability, repairability, safety, and security.   “The new system provides a major boost for sustainable repair strategies. Sustainability is achieved through efficient, cost-effective repair, and prompt return to the road. It’s the reason we have so heavily weighted repairability in VRR.   “This will encourage vehicle design which facilitates repair that is as straightforward as possible and ensure the availability of repair methods and parts within parts catalogues are carefully considered before a new vehicle reaches the road.”   Read the article here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e24CPuRJ   #Automotive #AutomotiveIndustry #VRR #VehicleRiskRating #AutomotiveRepair 

75 DAYS TO GO….until The Great Sahara Desert Trek! This week’s training was a practice run, walking 100km over 4 days….surely crossing the desert has to be easier than pounding the streets! 🥾🏜️ Initially I thought it was just sand dunes, but Martyn and I will cross multiple terrains from peaks, gorges, dunes and oases.  It’s going to tough, both physically and mentally, particularly for someone who isn’t great with the heat and the cold ‘suffering exhausting temperatures during the day and freezing at night’, but drive and determination to do this for my industry colleagues and friends will help me through.  There is one part of it that I’m not looking forward to on day 4, exposure to drops, but I’ll live by my Mantra of ‘feel the fear’ and do it anyway! 😬😳🤩 If you would like to sponsor or support Martyn and I, please get in touch or click the following link: https://lnkd.in/eWphxNgS Thank you, Karen & Martyn. #thatchamresearch #sponsorship #motofix #steer #indasa #automotive #automotive-industry #charity #fundraising #MentalHealth #SaharaTrek #itsallaboutthejourney #BEN #benautomotivecharity

This week, our Research team had the pleasure of collaborating with Bosch Mobility at their Denham Innovation Hub. Addressing mobility-related challenges often requires the combined efforts of multiple stakeholders, and it was exciting to work with an organisation that shares our commitment to collaborative problem-solving. A huge thanks to the team from across Bosch, we look forward to continuing our partnership to reduce risks and enhance mobility solutions. | Tom Leggett | George Savva | Dan Harrowell | Chris Dunley | Anabella Emily P. | Edvinas Tamulis | Vijay Sharma | Clemens H. | Anthony Smart | Andy Morrison | Laurenz Agustin Arguello |