The electric vehicle industry needs to address this!
Recently I was tasked with investigating some of the reasons the uptake of Electric Vehicles was seemingly quite slow despite compelling legislation and incentives in the UK. I suspect a lot of it revolves around uncertainly of range and battery condition in vehicles of an age ready to be sold or traded in. What do […]
The second-hand EV market needs to be addressed!

Owing to government legislation putting pressure on diesel internal combustion engines, combustion engines in general and the introduction of ultra-low emission zones, the electric car is starting to become the compelling proposition in many people’s eyes. Media coverage of the latest electric offerings certainly excite the general public and raise the profile of the tantalising […]
The Self Driving Future Will Make Cars More Fun!

Have you recently sat back and imagined what the driving experience will be like in the near future when self-driving becomes commonplace? The introduction of new technologies and unparalleled levels of automation really allow for creative automotive companies to totally change the paradigm of the transport experience! It will be interesting to see Ford Motor Company […]
Are you costing 100% of your outsourced harnesses? You should be!
Top 10 Reasons you should be using costCompare! Typically, organisations require third party suppliers to provide some or all their electrical harnesses. Smaller organisations rely totally on the suppliers quote for the job to provide their cost baseline, others may shop around for prices and the most sophisticated, run internal programmes to calculate the expected […]
Time to consider EV – the top ten electric vehicles you can consider buying right now!

While most of us may have experienced a slow-down during the pandemic, the automotive industry did not press the brakes on their technological developments and many manufacturers are making 2021 the year to debut their all-electric offerings. In this article we introduce to you some of the most interesting, and relatively affordable (mostly!), electric vehicles […]
The Top 10 Electric Vehicles of 2021
Accelerate Harness Design In Your Industry with Arcadia
We are all aware of the old adage, use the right tool for job? But what happen when the nature of the job and surrounding industry changes? That right, you end up using the best software and practices from two decades ago! We are living in a cloud age where online engineering is key with […]
Want to upskill and prepare for the EV revolution?

The Electrification ebook upskills you with 5 goals that can be accomplished easily to build the right foundation for your organisation to tackle Electric Vehicle (EV) work. With the correct framework you can easily migrate to these new processes and implement new ways of improving your business with the least friction to your legacy activities. […]
Manufacturing Cloud – Optimizing Collaboration and Interaction

It may sound obvious, but every function in the supply chain is a specialist team with the sole focus of doing their own job. Designers like to design, manufacturers like to build, testers like to test. Problems arise when these groups of people must interact. Each operating with their own constraints, limitations, agendas and aims. […]
Is software Darwinism making your business extinct? — its time to reconsider legacy applications!

Although it is hard to think of a time when we used a pen and paper to draft contracts, technical drawings and communications to each other, the reality is, many people are working closer to that archaic concept than they realise. The 1980s represented the birth of home and small business computing. It was an […]