The first electric Metro train ran north of Cardiff to Pontypridd during daylight hours on a test of the latest Stadler 756 model combination, which will be the backbone of the new Valleys services.
Following the test run, further routes on the Core Valleys Network will see testing take place in the coming weeks before the start of an intensive train crew training programme and before entering public service later this year.
With nearly three-billion video views on social media platform TikTok covering car modifications, insurer ChoiceQuote has warned some may be highly dangerous for owners to copy.
The insurer says only a few are safe and others would invalidate insurance cover if something went wrong and an accident occurred.
Countries often inflate their emissions forecasts on which they base their climate pledges, new research from Vienna University of Economics and Business has found.
In a new study, Jesús Crespo Cuaresma and Lukas Vashold, researchers at the department of economics at WU, found that the pledges of many countries to reduce carbon emissions essentially don’t require them to deviate from business-as-usual trajectories, at a time when global climate targets can no longer be achieved unless drastic measures are taken.
The top reasons new drivers attain their licence is independence (35%) and travel flexibility (22%).
With more than 1 in 6 jobs in the UK requiring a driving licence it’s no wonder that the third most common reason to learn to drive is for work (11%) but many first time drivers don’t consider fuel costs, MoT prices, breakdown cover or roadtax and insurance costs when considering which car to buy, accordig to Uswitch.
This summer’s Silverstone Festival 23-25 August will celebrate the 60th birthday of the legendary Ford Mustang in high octane style fuelled by the support of Pure Michigan, the US State’s official travel and tourism division.
Michigan is the home of Detroit – America’s illustrious ‘motor city’ – and, of course, the birthplace of the game-changing Ford Mustang, which launched in 1964.
Kia has been named the top brand by UK dealers for the third time in a row, in the latest National Franchised Dealers Association Dealer Attitude Survey.
The poll was carried out between the end of January and the start of March 2024, asking dealers questions about the ongoing business relationship with manufacturers.
LEVC announced a new finance deposit contribution for its TX taxi, fully offsetting the recent reduction in the Plug-in Taxi Grant.
Making a £1,500 deposit contribution available for an initial period on all new TX taxi models across all finance types offered by LEVC Financial Services with zero customer deposit and at a subsidised finance rate of 10.51% APR representative, the new campaign offsets the PiTG reduction, which was reduced from £7,500 to £6,000 at the start of the month.