This past weekend, from 9th to 10th June 2018, Fully Charged LIVE took place at Silverstone. The nation’s biggest EV (electric vehicle) show attracted well over 6,000 visitors. EV specialist and TV presenter Robert Llewellyn, who is also the founder …
Britain’s leading vehicle safety organisation has called upon the Government to change legislation regarding semi-autonomous vehicles. This comes after apprehension over drivers becoming confused about the precise extent to which current autonomous driving systems can actually take control of a …
One of the top international car safety experts recently stated that Brexit will turn Britain into a ‘second-hand dealer’ in terms of setting emission and vehicle safety standards. The secretary general of Global NCAP (the Global New Car Assessment Programme) …
According to a recent poll conducted among 1,000 British drivers, more than 70% of those surveyed lack confidence in other drivers. They also concede that the safety of their own driving needs to improve, but on average nevertheless give themselves …
Under new Government legislation carmakers will face fines of as much as £50,000 for every vehicle if they try to cheat emission tests. The new legislation will come into effect on the 1st of July after a consultative process that …
Today’s news is about safe driving – but let’s start with something that’s certainly not safe driving, and that is driving under the influence of alcohol. The government has launched a new crackdown that involves instant breathalyser tests, right there …
With well over 8.5 million Britons who own dogs, one would think that all carmakers will go out of their way to produce dog-friendly cars. But the truth is that some brands are a lot more dog-friendly than others. And …
It’s “business as usual” for the sale of second-hand diesel vehicles in the UK according to a new report by Glass’s, which suggests the slowdown in demand for cars that run on heavy oil is exclusive to the new vehicle …
Nearly 4,000 fines have so far been issued to drivers who disobeyed a ban on driving in bus lanes on one of the busiest routes in Solihull. This comes after, in September 2017, the borough council launched a traffic enforcement …
Driving schools do their very best to make sure the drivers of tomorrow are fully equipped to be behind the wheel of a car. And just in case things go wrong before that happens, all of them have driving school …
The UK government has set aside £25 million for industrial projects that will test autonomous driving – and autonomous parking – motoring technology. The Meridian project will finance as many as six plans to “develop connected and autonomous vehicle testing …
The corporate director of Lex Autolease, Craig McNaughton, recently warned fleet operators that doing nothing in the face of taxation and legislation changes will only result in increased unhappiness from drivers and higher costs. Speaking at the ACFO spring seminar …
