Ford will show a new 2-tonne Transit with 48V mild hybrid powertrain at next week’s Hannover CV show. It will also reveal a PHEV Transit Custom due to launch in 2019 and the latest telematics and data services to be fitted in next year's models. Lex Autolease, the UK’s leading vehicle leasing provider, is launching a new fund to offer contributions of £1,000 towards the cost of 1,000 new … [Read more...]
EU to fine UK for dirty air and diesel-gate
Britain faces a multi-million pound EU fine for failing to act over diesel-gate and high NO2 emissions. The UK and five other EU member states must pay fines and on-going penalties for breaches of air quality, revealed T&E. It was adjudged breaking NO2 limits and allowing car makers to get away with selling illegally polluting cars, while others states did the same or were found with … [Read more...]
Car makers not properly promoting EVs – claim
A small range, scarcity in showrooms and modest marketing is holding back EVs, a new report by Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. There are just 20 battery electric vehicles on sale in Europe compared to 417 conventionally fuelled petrol and diesel. T&E research has found that even many of these models are simply not available for sale in showrooms – notably the … [Read more...]
Tighter standards coming for emissions
The European Parliament's environment committee adopted the EU's Low-emission Mobility strategy, signalling the Parliament's desire for ambitious future CO2 standards for cars and vans just a few months before the European Commission’s proposal is expected in November. This opinion – a reaction to the Commission's communication on a Low Emission Mobility strategy published in July 2016 – was … [Read more...]