Wales' capital city of Cardiff does not figure in the top 100 UK centres providing electric charging points for motorists. The Welsh cities with the most chargers from nationwide research by business services provider Direct365 were Newport, placed 33 overall with 0.2% of the total in Britain, and Swansea came in 58th with 0.1%. Cardiff fell out of the top 100 rankings and Tesco was the store … [Read more...]
Surcharges of £120 for 5.0 litres of fuel
Supermarket giant Tesco faced scrutiny when a customer discovered they’d been charged £120 after filling up at a petrol station in Manchester. The customer reportedly spent just £15 on petrol using a pay-at-pump machine but was shocked to find the extra charge on his account, which he claimed didn't get refunded back into his account for over 12 hours. And it seems many other motorists are … [Read more...]
Newslines 7 June
A £100,000 scheme to automatically alert motorists to air pollution as they drive along a Swansea road will go into operation later this year, about 2.5 years late. Problems with the software in the Nowcaster system prevented it working after it was paid for. Europe’s individual Governments are favouring their own car makers at the expense of voters health, claim green group Transport and … [Read more...]