Greener cars mean tax worries for government
Lower emission cars are now beginning to hit government coffers, as almost 1.4 million new cars registered in Great Britain last year, were eligible to dodge VED in the first year. That’s almost ...
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Driverless cars could increase pollution, warns Toyota
Toyota has issued a cautionary warning that driverless cars could actually add to urban sprawl and pollution. According to The Japan Times, Toyota’s Ken Laberteaux, a senior principal scientist f...
Keeping cool: how to keep your electric car happy this heat wave
I don’t know about you, but this weather is just too hot. While I’m happy at a balmy twenty two degrees Celsius — and will even tolerate warmer temperatures on holiday or for a few days — the oppre...
Black Friday: Skoda launches eight ‘Black’ models
Black Friday normally happens in November, when the shops hold a sale on the Friday after Thanksgiving, but today (July 18), Skoda re-wrote the calendar by announcing the arrival of eight new ‘Blac...
Greener car fleet hitting government coffers
Lower emission cars are starting to hit the Chancellor George Osborne in the pocket, as almost 1.4 million new cars registered in Great Britain last year, were eligible to dodge VED in the first ye...
My new pet peeve: people who park in parent-and-child spaces but don’t actually have a child
Motoring pet peeves; we’ve all got them. Some are eternally irritating like getting cut-up and middle-lane hoggers. Others less so; non-indicatorors, ‘powered by fairydust’ stickers. However, a new...
First Drive Review: Toyota Yaris Hybrid facelift 2014
Only three years have passed since the third generation Yaris came to the UK, but such is the supermini’s importance to Toyota’s European sales – representing almost one in four - that they deemed ...
First Drive Review: Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
SUV owners are regularly slated for driving around town in gas-guzzling 4x4s for no good reason. Over the years the poor ‘Chelsea Tractor’ has become the environmentalists’ scapegoat, but now Mitsu...
Government fleets to go electric with new £5 million fund
At last the Government is to practice what it preaches, after Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer announced a new £5 million fund to buy plug in vehicles for Whitehall departments. The money will...
MPG Marathon now open to the fleet and contract hire industry
Fleet managers and contract hire professionals are being invited to prove their eco-driving skills at this year’s MPG Marathon. Now in its 14th year, the annual MPG Marathon challenges drivers to ...
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