Electric vehicles will have to pay to enter Greater London for the first time from the end of this year. The air of change over London is slowly but surely sweeping across Britain and motorists need to understand and be ready to pay to drive on our busiest roads over coming years. The capital’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone was the country’s first 24/ 7 Clean … [Read more...]
Newslines 9 August
The North East is home to Great Britain’s safest roads, with just under 2% of all the country’s collisions in 2022, according to analysis of accident data. The study by Go.Compare Car Insurance said North East had just 6,122 accidents across the year, while Wales and Scotland complete the three safest British regions, both boasting just 4% of all total … [Read more...]
EV holiday drivers face up to 120 hrs to charge cars
With the six-week holidays around the corner, Cornwall, Devon and North Wales have emerged as the best UK staycation destinations to visit in an electric vehicle. New research by ATS Euromaster has shown these hotspots ranking top in a nationwide study into the number of summer holiday visitors versus EV chargers in some of the UK’s leading staycation … [Read more...]
Wales trails by a long way in EV charging
Manchester topped the electric vehicle home charger installation charts during 2023 according to data from home EV charge point installers Smart Home Charge. The West Midlands was a close second with South West London in third place, whilst Northern Ireland had the lowest percentage of home EV chargers installed – just 0.11% of the overall total and in … [Read more...]
Young drivers skipping safety costs, says the RAC
Inflation and the cost-of-living crisis are worryingly causing young drivers not to maintain their cars properly, risking their safety and that of other road users, says the RAC, and its particularly bad in Wales. A quarter of young drivers aged 17-24 (26%) say they have put off necessary repairs to their cars to save money while nearly three-in-10 (28%) … [Read more...]
Bridgestone’s enlightening ev rally
Bridgestone is recharging its batteries after an enlightening insight into electric vehicle mobility and infrastructure, after successfully covering 1,200 miles across the UK and Ireland at the EV Rally. Encompassing all five capital cities across the UK and Ireland with 25 stop-off points between 3 and 7 July, Bridgestone was able to navigate the route … [Read more...]
Newslines 7 July
Britain's premier supercar club has continued its expansion to 25 hubs throughout the country. Founded by two Welshmen, Maesteg-born Richard Thomas and Craig Williams, from Usk, Auto Vivendi has over £7m of supercars available for its 135 members to use and call upon at the hubs, including two in Wales, or for their Out of Town Membership from all … [Read more...]
West is best to beat drink driving stigma
Welsh drivers are among the best behaved behind the wheel and less likely to drink and drive than risk takers in London, according to a survey by IAMRoadsmart. The areas of the country where revellers could be most likely to indulge in the wrong kind of Christmas spirit this festive season, by drink-driving, have been revealed by IAM RoadSmart. The UK’s … [Read more...]
BRC unveil exciting 2023 calendar
The Motorsport UK British Rally Championship 2023 will have new look as it announced an exciting new opening round and potentially dramatic conclusion in North Wales. In a revised roster, Britain’s premier rallying series will feature seven events across the four home nations, with rallies in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and two in Wales. It … [Read more...]
Wales lagging in ev sales and bucks the UK trend
New UK electric car sales data shows the government’s ambitions for the electric vehicle transition doesn’t go far enough and Wales lags behind other parts of Britain. For the second month in a row, EVs were the only fuel type to grow the number of new cars registered and the share of the market. EVs now represent 1 in 6 of all new vehicle … [Read more...]
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