Interest in electric vehicles offered online surged by 500% last week as the government announced a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel models from 2030, reports BuyaCar. With electric cars normally representing little more than 300 searches per day, after last week’s announcement that figure shoot up to 1,679 in the 24 hours following but electric cars still have a hill to climb in the face … [Read more...]
Newslines 28 July
About 6,000 people over 90 holding a driving licence in Wales and there are over 100,000 in the UK, figures have revealed. According to the DVLA, areas with the highest number of older drivers are Swansea, Cardiff and Carmarthenshire - each with more than 5,000 aged 80 or over, and more than 400 aged 90 or over while the number of drivers aged 80 or older in Wales is 72,000, it told BBC … [Read more...]