This year's World Rally Championship fight is going to the final flag in Saudi Arabia next week with an agonizing wait for Welshman Elfyn Evans to learn if he's taken the crown. Sébastien Ogier stormed to victory on FORUM8 Rally Japan on Sunday to ignite a three-way fight for the 2025 FIA World Rally Championship title heading into the Saudi Arabian … [Read more...]
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Tradelines 12 November
Proposed pay-per-mile scheme on EVs will not extend to vans, according to reports in the national media. But The Times said plug in hybrids will be expected to pay per mile on top of their current fuel duties as the Treasury scrambles to recoup billions of pounds it has lost over the last few years in the growing move towards evs and the AA called the plans … [Read more...]
Used BEVs becoming accepted
The number of dealers who say the arrival of electric vehicles is the biggest challenge facing the used car sector has fallen by a third in the last 12 months. November’s Startline Used Car Tracker shows the percentage who perceive electrification as an issue has fallen from 54% to 37%. The research also indicates dealer enthusiasm for selling EVs has … [Read more...]
Pothole issues getting smoothed out
Vital surface dressing work on Britain’s local roads that is proven to prevent potholes forming increased by 15% this year, reveals new data shared with the RAC. Figures from the Road Emulsion Association show around 44.4m square metres of surface dressing – enough to treat the equivalent of around 4,340 miles of road – was applied over the … [Read more...]
New car market heading for a jam
The new car market is heading for chaos next year, warned the boss of one leading dealer group. It will face a ‘crunch’ year in 2026 trying to meet ‘wholly unrealistic’ electric car targets, Vertu Motors CEO Robert Forrester said on Nick Ferrari Show on LBC radio. Next year, car makers and dealers will have to register a third of their sales as battery … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Audi Q5 TFSI
Audi has dealt a clever hand and a blow to rivals by offering petrol or diesel mild hybrid new versions of its highly popular Q5 rather than go down the pure electric road now being taken by competitors. It is, simply, building and selling the cars customers are asking for in their lives. They are also a lot cheaper than pure battery electric vehicles. … [Read more...]
Genesis plug into Ohme deal for drivers
Genesis Motor UK has announced that Ohme, the UK’s largest home electric-vehicle charging company, is to become its new and exclusive home EV charging partner. By providing easy access through a simple referral scheme to a home-charging unit from Ohme, Genesis aims to make the transition to EV ownership a straightforward process. Ohme will supply the … [Read more...]
EV cars take a quarter of registrations – at a price
Electric cars accounted for over a quarter of new registrations last month, said the car makers' body, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The UK new car market remained stable in October as registrations rose 0.5% to reach 144,948 units, with petrol and diesel models declining. Registrations by fleets declined slightly, falling -1.5%, but the … [Read more...]
Elfyn Evans eyes WRC Crown
Welshman Elfyn Evans is on the verge of possibly clinching his first and this year's WRC title with the series moving to Japan after Toyota wrapped up the manufacturers' honours in Europe last month. Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team arrive on home roads for Rally Japan 6-9 November looking to celebrate their manufacturers’ title success in style while … [Read more...]
Used EV values poor with gaps in charging and reporting
Action is needed to improve electric vehicle residual values, as the financial exposure of fleets continues to grow, FleetCheck is warning. Peter Golding, CEO at the fleet software specialist, said that while there was strong evidence that used EVs were now selling faster, prices remained stubbornly low. “The used market has reached a position … [Read more...]
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