Opel will give evidence to German authorities investigating emissions tampering. About 60,000 diesel models with Euro6 engines are thought to be affected and NOx limits are reported to be ten-times statutory levels. Bosch has been ordered to hand over e-mails with Porsche over software settings for engine management. Investors taking court action … [Read more...]
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Potholes pushing patrols towards record
The second three months of 2018 led to RAC patrols dealing with more pothole-related breakdowns than in any other second quarter since 2015. Between April and June an analysis of RAC breakdown data showed there were a total of 4,091 call-outs for damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs or distorted wheels – faults which are most likely to be … [Read more...]
Newslines 16 July
Current DS 4 and 5 models will be dropped from the range. There is a rumoured new model in the pipeline at Paris Show this autumn while the DS 7 Crossback continues as the brand separates from its Citroen stablemate and new showrooms open. Alpine is raising production of its A110 sports car. Waiting times extend over 14 months and the … [Read more...]
WLTP explained
You may know that a new vehicle emissions test procedure was launched in 2017. The World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure, or WLTP as it’s more commonly known, is a new test that will give motorists a better idea of the fuel consumption and range of new cars, both internal combustion and electric. The previous lab test, the New European Driving … [Read more...]
Newslines 14 July
McLaren will launch 18 new models over the next seven years and feature lightweight designs with hybrid technology, it has revealed. They will also pioneer a new type of very rapid charging, high performance traction batteries for the newcomers as part of a £1.2 Billion investment designed to put 6,000 cars annually into production. From today, DVSA … [Read more...]
Big drive underway with evs and hybrid cars
A new electric or hybrid car is being registered in Britain every nine minutes. Figures released today by Go Ultra Low reveal that the overall number of pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles registered has risen every month so far this year. The first half of 2018 saw 28,054 registered to drivers, a 25% increase on the same period in 2017 … [Read more...]
Car makers win fight to water-down emissions law
European car makers have successfully lobbied for a watering down of tougher emissions law, says green group Transport & Environment. MEPs of the European Parliament's transport committee voted in favour of a non-binding opinion supporting the weak Commission proposal on emissions cuts from new cars and vans. Transport & Environment regrets … [Read more...]
Newslines 10 July
About 150 BMW Oxford suppliers in Britain have attended a crash course in customs clearance procedures. They have not had to worry over this as Britain was in the EU but if it leaves the car maker says they will need this information. There’s a split developing in Europe over retaliation to US trade tariffs. Germany says it wants to negotiate a … [Read more...]
Technology brakes are failing road safety casualties
The EU looks set to fail on reaching its targets to halve the numbers of those killed in road crashes by the end of the decade, with the UK one of several countries currently making no major progress into cutting the numbers of people killed on our roads, IAM RoadSmart has discovered. In its report this week ‘Ranking EU Progress on Road Safety’ the European … [Read more...]
Doctors are prescription for problems
A study by GoCompare Car Insurance has found GPs are the most likely to make a claim due to an accident that was their fault. Analysis shows more than one in every eight (12.4%) GPs has made at least one ‘at-fault’ claim in the past year – more thandouble the national average across all occupations (6%). Interestingly, 11.6% of these claims involved no … [Read more...]
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