About £650,000 in overpayments was collected in three years by six councils who gave data to the BBC Wales.
Rhondda Cynon Taf had the highest proportion – £142,122 in overpayments out of £2.9m in parking charges, others declined to give information or did not acknowledge the enquiry.
Launched in September and running to the 31 December, the Kia Scrappage Scheme is worth £2,000 to motorists wanting to switch a car over seven years old for an all-new Picanto or an all-new Rio.
The £2,000 scrappage bonus is available on Kia’s latest small cars when any old car is traded in for destruction, attacts 4.9% APR and for customers wanting to ‘go green’ and buy a Soul EV, Niro PHEV or Optima PHEV’s Kia are offering a free home charging point and installation at no cost.
The cost of fuel rose for the third consecutive month in September despite the wholesale price of petrol falling 6p a litre.
Data from RAC Fuel Watch shows the average cost of a litre of unleaded went up by nearly 1p a litre (0.83p) to 119.19p while diesel increased by 1.34p to 120.31p, making both fuels the most expensive they have been since March. Both petrol and diesel have gone up 2.5p a litre since the end of June.
VW compensation and fines in the US have hit $30 billion, equivalent to £24.22 billion.
The costs relate to illegal software fitted to cars to pass emissions tests and European prosecutors are widening the scope of their probe and have arrested one former board member of Porsche.