Roads bosses planning a crackdown on tailgating with new cameras that monitor gaps between vehicles

Roads bosses to crack down on tailgaters using new cameras which monitor gaps between vehicles The technology is being trialled on a stretch of motorway in the Midlands Devices have caught more than 26,000 drivers in two months, figures show The offence can lead to prosecution for driving without due care and attention  By Tom … Read more

Volkswagen unveils R2-D2-like charging robot that autonomously steers and refills electric vehicles

Volkswagen unveils R2-D2-like charging robot that autonomously steers and refills parked electric vehicles while making noises similar to the Star Wars character Volkswagen’s robot that autonomous charges parked electric vehicles The robot tows a battery pack to a vehicle and communicates with the EV It prompts the vehicle to open its charging socket flap and … Read more

Thieves use BLOWTORCH to break into home and steal vehicles including £33,000 Audi

Thieves use BLOWTORCH to break into home before stealing £33,500 worth of cars including an Audi S1 while family slept upstairs The criminals used the device to burn through the PVC in the front door Once inside they swiped wallets and the keys to the expensive vehicles Gutted Kerry called the stolen Audi S1 her … Read more

Councils are slammed for allowing CCTV vehicles to park with engines running

‘Hypocrisy’ of idling snooper cars: Councils are slammed for allowing CCTV vehicles to park with engines running while enforcing anti-pollution scheme Vehicles with number-plate recognition have been seen by residents ‘idling’   Last year authorities were given power to give £40 to motorists who idle  Low traffic neighbourhoods led to thousands of miles of cycle lanes   … Read more

Just 5% of car mechanics are qualified to work on electric vehicles

Boris Johnson is today being warned by motor industry bosses that the sector is unlikely to be ready for the fast-tracked transition to electric vehicles from 2030. Following the Prime Minister’s decision last month to accelerate the ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars by a decade, the Institute of the Motor Industry … Read more

Electric cars shock: Manufacturing green vehicles churns out more CO2 than making fuel models 

Electric cars shock: Manufacturing green vehicles churns out more CO2 than making fuel models Electric cars would have to be driven for 50,000 miles before being as ‘green’ Report suggests the green transport revolution could increase emissions  The research threatens to undermine the PM’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by banning sales of new … Read more

Cars: British firm invents £9,000 kit for converting classic Minis into all-electric vehicles

Classic Minis can be made into all-electric vehicles thanks to a conversion kit developed by a British firm that replaces the engine of the iconic car. Wiltshire-based Swindon Powertrain says that the £9,000 kit — which includes an electric motor and gearbox — can be fitted by most amateur mechanics. Also required, however, are a battery … Read more

Kyle Sandilands reveals his impressive fleet of luxury vehicles and boasts about being a ‘car sl*t’

Kyle Sandilands reveals his impressive fleet of luxury vehicles as he drives off in his $500,000 Bentley Mulsanne By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:33 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 06:33 GMT, 12 November 2020 Kyle Sandilands is accustomed the finer things in life. And on Thursday, the 49-year-old detailed his impressive … Read more

Kyle Sandilands reveals his impressive fleet of luxury vehicles and boasts about being a ‘car sl*t’

Kyle Sandilands reveals his impressive fleet of luxury vehicles as he drives off in his $500,000 Bentley Mulsanne By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:33 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 06:33 GMT, 12 November 2020 Kyle Sandilands is accustomed the finer things in life. And on Thursday, the 49-year-old detailed his impressive … Read more

Crackdown on diesel and petrol vehicles could be sped up to bring in ban by 2030 

Boris Johnson’s eco call to arms: Crackdown on diesel and petrol vehicles could be sped up to bring in ban by 2030 PM Boris Johnson called on world leaders to commit to tackling climate crisis  The banning of sales of new petrol and diesel cars could be brought forward Insiders believe that Mr Johnson will … Read more