Labour and Plaid Cymru politicians in the Senedd have voted to introduce toll charging on Welsh roads.
The Infrastructure (Wales) Bill passed last week follows a decision to allow councils to introduce road congestion charging if they want at some point in the future but Welsh Conservatives secured amendments requiring the specific tolling and charging plans must be discussed by AMs before implementation.
The DVLA contact centre will be closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday.
On line services continue as normal and the office will operate normal hours the rest of the time this week.
The App Support Team at Transport for Wales who are either deaf or hard of hearing, have won the Best Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Wales awards ceremony.
Made up of four people, the team supports the finance department with raising purchasing orders, receipting of invoices, collecting project information, testing systems for upgrades and raising sales invoices and communicate with each other using sign language, Microsoft Teams and email while TfW has made their office space more accessible for them and provided vibrating pagers to help with health and safety precautions.
New EU car sales rose 10.1% in February 2024, with the battery-electric market share remaining stable at 12%.
Petrol models retained their lead as the most popular choice for buyers, followed by hybrid-electric while diesel sales dropped in most major markets, except Germany.
The number of electric vehicles on the road is expected to reach 1.24m by 2025 and prices could fall up to £10k thanks to ZEV mandate targets affecting UK sales, according to analysts at New Automotive.
The report predicted that 70,000 public chargers will be in place by the end of January 2025 and if this rate of growth is sustained, UK will reach the 2030 target of 300,000 public chargers as early as mid-2029.
Adrian Hallmark will join Aston Martin as an Executive Director of the Company and its Chief Executive Officer no later than 1 October after leaving Bentley Motors.
Nissan has appointed Diana Torres as Managing Director of NMGB, leading Sales and Marketing operations in its biggest European market and Nissan GB has announced the appointment of Nicolas Belaud from Nissan Motors Thailand a new Aftersales Director as it accelerates its business transformation strategy and transitions to become an all-electric brand by 2030.
