The BBC is reporting this morning that the British Government is set to announce that new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution. These latest planned proposals stem from publicity from a report report from the UK’s Royal College of Physicians last year that claimed air pollution cuts short 40,000 lives a year in the UK. The BBC says that ministers…
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Public and trade warned of new UK write-off system
Vehicle History experts Cartell.ie tells us that the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in the UK are no longer using Category C and Category D vehicle write-off classification in their new Voluntary Code of Practice (COP) for the industry. Following a long review the new system will retain the same Category A and Category B categorisations. However Category C and Category D designations will no longer be used. The new system will focus on first…
Read MoreRenault-Nissan on top of the world in March
John Elsdon of Jato Dynamics, the global automotive business intelligence company tells us that after the acquisition of Mitsubishi, the Renault-Nissan alliance is becoming a real global player.
Read MoreESB helping drive London’s new rapid charging network
Transport for London (TfL) has appointed the suppliers who will provide the rapid charging points that the capital needs to make it easier than ever before to use electric vehicles. A competitive bidding process resulted in Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB), being among the successful bidders along with the Centrica Consortium, BluepointLondon, Chargemaster, and Fastned. They will fund, maintain, operate and install the network. The operators will move quickly to install the charge points, with…
Read MoreCCPC launches new enforcement measures targeting Ireland’s motor trade sector
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has commenced unannounced inspections of car dealers nationwide. The focus of these inspections is to identify and take enforcement action against dealers who mislead consumers in the sale of crashed and/or clocked cars. Isolde Goggin, Chairperson of the CCPC said, “Consumers need to be able to rely on accurate information from car dealers in relation to a vehicle’s roadworthiness and its history, including mileage. All material information should…
Read MoreConnected and autonomous vehicles ‘will transform lives’
Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), for which commercial vehicles play a significant role in the development of new technology, will transform the lives of six out of every 10 people in the UK, according to new research published recently by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Revolutionising Mobility in Society, the first comprehensive UK-based study of the human impact of CAVs, canvassed the views of more than 3,600 respondents and found that this new…
Read MoreHow a British bus operator leads the way down the hydrogen highway
I came upon this interesting feature story on the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’s Transport News Brief and I thought it would interest you. The population size of Aberdeen is about 230,000, which is somewhere between Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and Fingal in Dublin. Shouldn’t we be doing similar trials with hydrogen fuelled vehicles? Afterall, it is the future and we are away behind the UK in planning for it. Hydrogen is still discussed in…
Read MoreUK approves smart chargepoints that releases the energy balancing potential of EV’s
A range of smart electric vehicle chargepoints from Ensto Chago, that can communicate with each other through cloud software to share available power between vehicles plugged-in at the same location, has been approved by the UK Government for grant support by OLEV (Office for Low Emission Vehicles). Chago charging units limit the need for electricity supply grid upgrades, as electric vehicles increase in popularity. They also pave the way for vehicles to store energy and…
Read MoreSome cars in the UK about to be hit with 25 times the tax
Imminent changes to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) mean consumers have just over a week to secure a deal on a new car before tax rates soar by up to 2475%. Analysis by What Car? has shown that the cost of taxing a car purchased after 1 April 2017 could be up to 25 times more, with even some of the most environmentally friendly plug-in hybrids commanding sharp tax increases. It’s conventional hybrids such as the…
Read MoreCECRA calls for a robust regulatory framework for in-vehicle telematics
A broad industry and motorists representative coalition is calling upon the EU to create a robust regulatory framework for an interoperable in-vehicle telematics platform based on key principles derived from the Treaty of Rome: fair competition, independent entrepreneurship, innovation and consumer choice CECRA, the European Council for Motor Trades and Repairs says the Treaties of Rome that were signed 60 years ago marked the start of what has become the European Union. Since then, we…
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