London congestion charge increases by 15%
London’s congestion charge is to rise by £1.50 to £11.50 from next month, Transport for London has announced. The increase is the first since 2011 and will come into effect from June 16, 2014. Howe...
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Tesla alone in achieving EV success, says new report
Tesla is alone in achieving true success with pure electric vehicles, according to a new report from investment bank, Morgan Stanley. According to Adam Jonas, an analyst for the firm, high prices...
Toyota reveals new Yaris
A refreshed version of the Toyota Yaris will arrive on the market this summer with new styling, better fuel economy and ride comfort. Toyota says it has gone far beyond just a mild refresh, makin...
Saturday night takes away a Vauxhall Mokka
Lucky Rebecca Heron took a gamble on ‘Win the Adverts’ while appearing on Ant and Dec’s ITV Saturday Night Takeaway and bagged a brand new Vauxhall Mokka. Nottingham-based Rebecca picked up her n...
Google to build own self-driving cars
Google has announced it is to start building its own self-driving electric cars. The firm’s co-founder, Sergey Brin made the announcement at a press conference in California. The new project is p...
Area ‘three times the size of the UK’ needed for Europe’s bioenergy
Europe could need an area of land three times the size of the UK to meet bioenergy needs by 2030, new research suggests. The use of crops and wood for transport fuel, heating and electricity is e...
Car2Go car club withdraws from the UK
Daimler is to withdraw its car2go car club scheme in the UK, blaming the country’s tradition of private vehicle ownership for a lack of interest in the scheme. Car2go has been a rising success ac...
Scooter pollution worse than trucks, new study finds
Scooters can produce thousands of times more pollution than even large lorries, according to a new study from the Paul Scherrer Institute. Even idling scooters can emit huge quantities of smog-ca...
Top Gear’s James May reveals he’s buying an electric car
Top Gear presenter, James May has announced he is making the switch to electric power; in buying a new range-extended version of the BMW i3. ‘Huzzah!’ we hear you say, at last some good news; one...
Fiat refreshes 500
Fiat has updated its popular 500 model to add new comfort and technological equipment and enhanced style. New features include a new seven-inch TFT digital instrument display which incorporates m...
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