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More than 750 EV charging points to be installed in Plymouth
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (529+ words) Plymouth City Council said the rollout of chargers would begin in the spring More than 750 on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging points are to be installed in Plymouth. Plymouth City Council said it would spend "2.4m, granted by the government in 2024, to…...
Duns museum to display Jim Clark racing cars
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (41+ words) Duns museum to display Jim Clark racing cars'BBC One of the two cars to be exhibited at the Jim Clark Motorsport Museum is a 1965 Lotus Type 33. Image copyright of Peter Darley Collection - The Jim Clark Trust/Classic Team Lotus...
Ban on motorhomes parking on North Yorkshire coast reconsidered
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (706+ words) A ban on parking motorhomes overnight on parts of the North Yorkshire coast is being reconsidered The future of a ban on parking motorhomes overnight on parts of the coast is being reconsidered after an "overwhelming" number of objections. An…...
Up to £3m for electric vehicle industry in West Midlands
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (549+ words) The fund will run for four years and forms part of a government program A major new fund has been backed to help West Midlands companies in the electric vehicle sector transform their businesses. From April, grants of between "250,000 and…...
Thousands of street car chargers to be installed across Dorset
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (502+ words) More than 3,000 street charging points will be installed over five years More than 3,000 on-street car charging points are to be installed across Dorset as part of a "16.5m scheme. The five-year project, announced by Dorset Council and Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole…...
Would you ride in a driverless car?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (275+ words) No humans behind this wheel - would you take a ride in the new robo taxi? Driverless cars could be zooming around the streets of London by the end of the year. The UK government has said it plans to allow…...
Hertfordshire woman with dementia guilty of no car insurance
2+ week, 5+ day ago (630+ words) A 76-year-old woman with vascular dementia has been convicted of failing to insure a car that she had not driven since 2024. The son-in-law of the woman from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty on her behalf after she was prosecuted by the…...
'No final decisions' yet on Jersey petrol and diesel phase-out
2+ week, 5+ day ago (802+ words) Deputy Steve Luce says ministers will make an announcement "at the earliest opportunity" about how they intended to proceed "No final decisions" have yet been made about plans aimed at limiting the number of carbon-emitting vehicles on Jersey's roads, the…...
My car was stolen. Here are six important things I learned
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (1755+ words) Calum's trusty Ford Fiesta - with 100,000 miles on the clock - was stolen I'm standing by my garden gate, car key in hand and a puzzled look on my face. My car isn't there. For a few seconds, I clutch at innocent…...
SmartWater and GPS used to target Yorkshire EV cable thieves
3+ week, 6+ day ago (804+ words) Thieves use cutters to snip through the cables and then drag them off the charging forecourts Over 40 electric vehicle (EV) charging sites across West and South Yorkshire have been hit by cable thieves in just over a year, the company…...