Passengers get onboard for driverless testing
Tech giant Baidu has secured 40 licenses to test driverless cars carrying passengers on designated roads on Beijing. Its self-driving cars have travelled about 1.8 million miles during tests in […]
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Ghosn flees to Lebanon
Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan to Lebanon. The former boss of Nissan was under house arrest while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty […]
PSA leasing division goes green
New low-emissions vehicles (LEVs), offering either zero or low tailpipe CO2 emissions are now available from Free2Move Lease, offering customers a choice between plug-in hybrid and full electric models. Mark Pickles, […]
Tesla delivers ‘made in China’ models
Tesla has delivered its first ‘made in China’ models, just over a year after construction of the factory began. Fifteen Model 3 sedans were handed over at the company’s gigafactory […]
BMW reaches plug-in milestone
BMW Group has sold its 500,000th plug-in vehicle – and now plans to sell another half a million by 2021. BMW also wants plug-in sales to account for a quarter […]
FTA announces emissions reductions
The FTA has launched its 2019 Logistics Emissions Review, which found that members of its Logistics Emissions Reduction Scheme (LERS) reduced greenhouse gas emissions by four per cent and decreased […]
VWG on target to deliver 2025 strategy
The Volkswagen brand will launch eight electric or hybrid vehicles next year as part of its 2025 strategy. It will launch 34 new models in total, including 12 SUVs. Volkswagen […]
EVs to be taxed from next year
Electric vehicle drivers on the Isle of Man will pay road tax from April 2020. The tax is being introduced to cover a predicted loss of fuel tax revenue from […]
UK’s most popular models revealed
A black Volkswagen Golf is the most popular car of 2019, according to analysis of more than 38 million views of online car ads. The UK’s Most Popular Cars 2019 […]
UK drivers unprepared for snow
Drivers in the UK are dangerously unprepared to drive in the snow, and could be putting themselves and others at risk. With one of the coldest winters in a decade […]
Christmas driving set to peak
UK drivers are expected to drive about 4.3bn miles over this Christmas week – that’s about 449 miles each. This is according to the RAC, which found that almost a […]
Robots to deliver EV charging
Drivers of electric cars won’t need to take their cars to chargers in the future – instead robots will bring a charger to them and charge the car without any […]
