Pricing and UK specification has been announced for the latest Renault ZOE. Starting from £18,420 including Plug In Car Grant but excluding battery rental, the latest version of Europe’s best-selling EV now features the new R110 electric motor offering increased power but still with the same 186-mile real-world range and deliveries are expected in late summer. New three-model Fiesta Active … [Read more...]
Charity drive goes on the buses
Fundraising is just the ticket for Welsh bus driver Keith Thomas. Cancer survivor Keith, from Llanelli, has raised over £3,650 for Marie Curie by recording his life on and off the buses driving between Llanelli and Swansea with a selfie taken every day for a year. When he wasn’t working and passengers asked to be included, he still kept taking the shots on walks and with people he met … [Read more...]
Welsh infrastructure must be top priority for 2018
Congestion is costing Welsh drivers £1.5 billion a year, and the Welsh Conservatives are calling on the Labour Government in Cardiff Bay to make infrastructure a top priority for 2018. INRIX Inc – a leading international provider of real-time traffic information – has calculated the economic cost per driver due to congestion, with the average driver in Cardiff around £939 a year out of pocket. … [Read more...]
Welshman’s invention is key to future clean transport
The fuel cell is the only technology which will provide a sustainable automotive industry in the long run, according to the head of research for Kia Motors FCEV team, Dr Saehoon Kim. The Korean manufacturer is the country’s oldest vehicle maker and is pouring millions of dollars into research to develop the models of the future, notably using its advanced fuel cell - first invented in 1839 by a … [Read more...]
Swansea motorists dearly pay for repairs – What’d you pay?
Swansea is one of the more expensive places to get your car repaired, a survey shows. The average price for repairs in Swansea was £243.13 while Cardiff came in at £213.26. Surprisingly, London does not have the most expensive average price of car repairs in the country, only coming in as the 4th most expensive. The data has been gathered by car servicing and repair comparison site … [Read more...]
£2.5M development by Hutchings Motor Group
The fifth-generation Treforest-based Hutchings Motor Group, has opened their new Hyundai dealership in Swansea. The £2.5m development opened in time for the firm to gear up for the seasonal September car registration plate change. Group Managing Director, Stephen Hutchings said, “Following five years of successful partnership with Hyundai, we are delighted to announce the August opening of … [Read more...]
Welsh bus services get £2.8m boost
Wales' economy and transport secretary Ken Skates has announced £2.8m local transport network funding to help boost bus travel. Over a third will be spent on wide range improvements in the Swansea area as the city centre is redeveloped. Flintshire, Neath Port Talbot, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea and Torfaen will all see funding through this year’s Local Transport Network Fund, Economy … [Read more...]
Wales host Multistrada Enduro this week
The Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience will be heading to South Wales from the 5 - 7 May as part of the Touratech Travel event in Ystradgynlais, Swansea. It will be the first time that the course dedicated to off road riding has taken place outside Italy and UK riders will get the chance to try it for free! The Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience truck containing fifteen Multistrada 1200 … [Read more...]
Newslines 28 February
The proposed £1bn M4 relief road around Newport and said to be vital to the Welsh economy would cut through the first nesting site for common cranes in Wales in over 400 years, it has emerged. The RSPB said the revelation, in a Welsh Government ecology report, was emblematic of wider environmental concerns about the scheme which due to be heard at a five-month public inquiry beginning … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Toyota Mirai FCV
The future of motoring is on the road, here and now but in limited numbers. Very slowly and with little fanfare, the Toyota Mirai (meaning ‘the future’) has been introduced and is being sold to selected customers who can access hydrogen fuel. So far there are only about 20 Mirai models on UK roads and another 30 will come in 2017 but the numbers will rise as the refuelling … [Read more...]