cars

Heavier new cars pump out MORE CO2 than older models

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Heavier new cars pump out MORE CO2 than older models despite motor industry claims that the vehicles are better for the environment Consumer experts at Which? found the latest generation of cars emit more CO2  This is largely because new vehicles are often heavier than their predecessors Analysis found emissions linked to harming human health … Read more

Drivers of expensive cars are less likely to stop for pedestrians at zebra crossings

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People driving expensive cars are more dangerous to pedestrians, and the more valuable their vehicles are the less likely they are to stop at zebra crossings.   Researchers from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas had people attempt to cross the road while noting the estimated value of the cars that did and didn’t stop. … Read more

Motorists warned about dealers selling rogue cars on free-ad sites

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Motorists are being warned to be extra vigilant when buying vehicles from free websites such as Facebook Marketplace, Shpock and Gumtree over concerns that rogue dealers are advertising dodgy cars under the guise of private sellers. Industry insiders have sounded the alarm on fraudulent sellers – both dealers and individuals – attempting to flog stolen, … Read more

Aston Martin profit shaken… Bond cars are driving to a loss 

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Aston Martin profit shaken… Bond cars are driving to a loss By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 22 February 2020 Iconic British sports car maker Aston Martin is set to report a fall in annual revenues and bigger losses this week as chief executive … Read more

Anglo American’s Cutifani: You’ll NEED miners if you want electric cars’

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Anglo American’s chief executive Mark Cutifani Mark Cutifani, the chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, is persona non grata with Sirius Minerals shareholders, who say his fraught takeover bid for the Yorkshire fertiliser mine ‘stinks’. But he says he has ‘even tougher critics’ than the furious pensioners, pub landlords and war veterans who stand … Read more

Tiny antennae that record how bees navigate may help perfect steering for driverless cars and drones

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They are not just cute and stripy, but devastatingly efficient when it comes to locating the best pollen-rich flowers. As a result, the humble bee is at the centre of a £4.8 million project to create drones and driverless cars. In a unusual experiment, scientists painstakingly stuck tiny radar transponders to hundreds of bumblebees and honey … Read more

Tesla cars tricked into accelerating up to 85 MPH in a 35 MPH zone using just a strip of tape 

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A Tesla vehicle has been tricked into spontaneously accelerating over the speed limit with just a simply strip of tape. Researchers at McAfee placed a two-inch long piece of electrical tape horizontally across the middle of the ‘3’ on a 35 mile-per-hour speed limit sign, causing the car’s camera system to misread it as 85 … Read more

Ten popular 1980s and 1990s cars that could soon be extinct

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Some popular cars that were a mainstay on Britain’s roads in the 1980s and 1990s are extremely close to extinction, according to new research. Models including the Lada Riva, Alfa Romeo 146 and Fiat Uno – all of which were stalwarts in the eighties and nineties – are starting to dwindle, Driver and Vehicle Licencing … Read more

The UK’s first supply of 1,500 VW ID.3 electric cars sold out in TWO DAYS

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If you have an order placed on Volkswagen’s all-new electric car – or intend to put a deposit down soon – you might be waiting a while for it to arrive. According to one of the German brand’s biggest UK dealer networks, the first allocation of 1,500 ID.3 battery-electric models were sold out in just 48 … Read more

Fewer than one in five new cars bought last month were diesels

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The downfall of diesel has sparked a huge decline in new car registrations for the first month of the year. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders confirmed today that sales dropped by 7.3 per cent in January 2020 on the back of declining consumer confidence. It was the 34th consecutive month of falling sales … Read more