• Industry reacts to Highway Code proposals

    • 22 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: Uncategorised
    The automotive industry has received the government’s proposed revisions to the Highway Code to accommodate autonomous driving with tentative enthusiasm The updates have been announced following a public consultation, and will allow drivers to check emails and watch films and other programmes on built-in display [...]
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  • March sees record fuel prices

    • 11 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Pump prices rose more in March than in any previous month on record, according to the RAC Fuel Watch This is despite the 5p fuel duty cut announced in the Spring Statement The average cost of a litre of unleaded petrol went up by a huge 1162p to end the month at 16328p per litre – the largest ever increase the [...]
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  • RAC partners with Zap-Map

    • 14 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC has joined forces with EV charge point mapping app Zap-Map to help electric vehicle (EV) drivers find charging locations The app will be distributed to the RAC’s 1,600 patrols via all their devices – phones, laptops and in-van terminals – enabling them to locate the nearest available, suitable, [...]
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  • RAC secures new VM contract

    • 4 January 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC has signed a deal to provide roadside assistance to SsangYong Motors UK The deal, which was won following a competitive tender process, will see the RAC’s patrols supporting drivers of SsangYong vehicles, and covers both consumer and fleet customers driving in the UK and 48 countries in mainland [...]
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  • Barriers to buying revealed

    • 2 December 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The top 10 barriers named by consumers when considering buying a used car have been revealed in new research for the RAC Dealer Network Having to travel too far to view a vehicle is the number one reason, named by 46% of people It is followed by a lack of detail in the description (44%), an absence of someone to [...]
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  • Parking fines set for record levels

    • 25 November 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New figures reveal 195 million motorists received parking fines from private firms in the first three months of the 2021-22 financial year compared with 497,678 in the first quarter of last year With fines capped at £100, private firms issued demands for up to £840m in 2019/20 and £195m in the first three months [...]
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  • Drivers dumbfounded by smart motorways

    • 20 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A new survey has found that more than 60% of drivers think smart motorway schemes should be scrapped entirely and the hard shoulder reinstated The RAC Report on Motoring 2021 found that 62% of UK drivers want to abandon smart motorways while retaining the technology that manages traffic flows and detects [...]
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  • RAC secures EV contract with Renault

    • 13 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC has secured a contract with Renault UK to provide roadside assistance for all its brand-new electric vehicles (EVs) as well as all those EVs still covered by its three-year warranty Renault’s decision to appoint the RAC as its breakdown partner is a move away from the previous model which was primarily [...]
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  • London drivers facing further costs

    • 9 August 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Drivers in London could soon face even steeper expenses in the capital, after it was announced that Transport for London has launched a consultation to raise the cost of fines on red routes by £30 This would see fines on red routes rise from £130 to £160 Although the city’s red routes make up just five per [...]
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  • CVC Capital Partners forms partnership with GIC to invest in the RAC as Carlyle Group exits

    • 2 December 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Carlyle Group (Carlyle), CVC Capital Partners (CVC) and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, announced today that funds advised by CVC have entered into a partnership with GIC and will become a co-shareholder in the RAC through the purchase of Carlyle’s stake The investment was made from CVC’s [...]
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