Drivers who GIVE UP their cars will be offered £3,000 in ‘credit’ to spend on public transport, electric scooters and taxis under new green plans Drivers will receive public money to abandon their vehicle for ‘credits’ Will be used on other modes of transport such as bicycles and electric scooters Credits will work on congestion-easing forms … Read more
Drivers who GIVE UP their cars will be offered £3,000 in ‘credit’ to spend on public transport, electric scooters and taxis under new green plans Drivers will receive public money to abandon their vehicle for ‘credits’ Will be used on other modes of transport such as bicycles and electric scooters Credits will work on congestion-easing forms … Read more
New images have revealed the huge toll of the coronavirus pandemic on the automotive industry with photos showing Rockingham Motor Speedway – a former racing venue – now being used to stockpile thousands of unwanted vehicles. The site, near Corby in Northamptonshire, has not hosted any racing since 2018 when the track was sold. It … Read more
The general consensus among motorists is that there will be more electric cars on UK roads by 2030 than diesels, a huge poll of drivers has found. By the time the ban on new petrol and diesel-engined cars comes into force at the end of this decade, drivers reckon there will be 6.5million EVs being … Read more
Tesla will start accepting bitcoin payments for its cars ‘in the near future’ as it invests $1.5billion and drives cryptocurrency price to record-high of $44k Tesla has invested around $1.5 billion in bitcoin, the company said on Monday It also said it will start accepting payment for its cars and other products with it Bitcoin’s … Read more
Clean air zones may price cars off the road: Half a million drivers might not be able to afford fees to enter eco-friendly cities, motoring group warns Half a million motorists in London and Birmingham face clean air zone charges Birmingham is introducing a clean air zone on June 1, with a daily fee of … Read more
Following a prolonged and arduous battle with regulators over claims of malfunctioning touchscreen systems in older cars, Tesla has issued a recall of almost 135,000 Model S and Model X electric vehicles in the US. The recall only applies to cars produced before March 2018 that are equipped with an 8GB embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) that … Read more
Following a prolonged and arduous battle with regulators over claims of faulty touchscreen systems in older cars, Tesla has issued a recall of almost 135,000 Model S and Model X electric vehicles in the US. The recall only applies to cars produced before March 2018 that are equipped with an 8GB embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) that … Read more
First look at new Union Jack number plates as EU flag vanishes from UK cars in the wake of Brexit European Union flags have been removed from new number plates Transport Secretary Grant Schapps tweeted an image of new design for cars Photocard driving licences also no longer display the EU flag, replaced by ‘UK’ … Read more
Temperatures plunged to -6C in England last night as hundreds of ice and flood warnings are in place today and eight inches of snow have been forecast as Britain braces for a week of snow. Parts of Scotland experienced temperatures of -15C while a yellow warning for ice stretching from western Welsh coasts across to … Read more