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SMMT Offers Statement In Relation To UK Air Quality Plan

May 7, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is a trade association supporting the interests of the UK automotive industry. The recent UK Air Quality Plan has been welcomed by many and seen as step forward in tackling problem pollution of not just CO2 but also harmful particulates. Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said, “SMMT welcomes […]

Filed Under: The Environment Tagged With: Car Articles, Charging consumers, CO2, congestion, emissions, Environment, Euro 6 diesels, Money saving, Penalty charges, Pollution, Scrappage schemes, SMMT, UK Air Quality Plan

Is Air Pollution A UK Wide Problem?

November 6, 2016 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Brake, the road safety and sustainable transport charity, has welcomed a High Court ruling stating that the government is failing to tackle air pollution across the UK. The case was brought by the legal campaigning group, ClientEarth. In a damning indictment of ministers’ inaction on killer air pollution, Mr Justice Garnham agreed with ClientEarth that […]

Filed Under: The Environment Tagged With: Air pollution, Brake, ClientEarth, Environment department, HIgh Court rulings, Illegal levels of pollution, Optimistic pollution modelling, Prime Minister, The Environment, UK air pollution, UK air quality

Brake Reports Rise In Road Deaths

February 6, 2016 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Brake, the national road safety charity, has published a new report indicating that deaths on UK roads are up: Brake is extremely disappointed that the latest estimated figures from the Department for Transport show that 1,780 people were killed on Britain’s roads in the year ending, September 2015. An estimated 5,620 drink-drive crashes took place […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, Safety & Security, The Environment Tagged With: Brake, Car Articles, Department for Transport, Road casualties, road safety, Road security

Look Out For Black Ice

January 12, 2016 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

You can’t see it coming and it just might be the cause of an accident. Temperatures around the UK have really dropped over the last couple of days. Windscreens are frozen over, tyres are cold, brakes are grabby and all the mechanicals of the car are cold. Worst of all, there are patches of the […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Driving Advice, Editorial, Featured Posts, The Environment Tagged With: Black ice, Car Articles, Car driving, Cars, Dangerous driving conditions, Mechanicals

Visiting At Christmas? The Costs Might Add Up…

December 22, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

New research from the What Car? True MPG team confirms that drivers who need to put in extra miles to visit family and friends over the holidays could face hidden costs. A recent test on a selection of popular vehicles shows that fuel efficiency can be cut by more than 7% when cars are driven with four occupants […]

Filed Under: Buying & Selling, Daily News, Driving Advice, Editorial, Industry News, Money, New Cars, Technical, The Environment Tagged With: Diesel, Fiat 500X, fuel, fuel prices, Jaguar, New Cars, Petrol, Volkswagen Up, What Car?, XE

VW Reports CO2 Issue Is Largely Concluded

December 9, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Here’s the text direct from Volkswagen in relation to how the CO2 scandal has impacted the company: Just a month after questions relating to the CO2 figures measured on some of the Group’s models arose, Volkswagen has largely concluded the clarification of the matter. Following extensive internal investigations and measurement checks, it is now clear […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, Maintenance & Breakdown, Technical, The Environment, The Law Tagged With: A few grams of CO2, Car Articles, Christmas, CO2, Emissions scandal, Federal Government, Federal Motor Transport Authority, Higher emissions, KBA, Pollutants, Scandals, The Environment, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Group, VW

Rob Flello MP Calls For Urgent Calais Action

December 1, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Following a visit to witness for himself the mayhem at the Port of Calais, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport, Rob Flello (@RobFlelloMP)  said: “Despite Eurotunnel now becoming a fortress, the access roads have become like a virtual war zone, unsafe for motorists and professional drivers. If Calais is to survive as the […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, The Environment, The Law Tagged With: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport, Calais, Calais migrant crisis, Eurotunnel, Freight, French riot police, Haulage, Road Haulage, Road Haulage Association, Rob Flello MP, UK and mainland Europe

Jaguar Land Rover Plant Set To Expand

November 25, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

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Jaguar Land Rover is set to invest £450 million to expand its Engine Manufacturing Centre. Total investment in the site, which opened a year ago, now stands at £1bn making it the most significant new automotive manufacturing facility to be built in the UK in the last decade. The EMC is home to the high […]

Filed Under: Car design, Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, Jobs, Technical, The Environment Tagged With: Car Articles, Car industry jobs, Discovery Sport, Employment news, Good UK news, industry jobs, Investment in industry, It isn't all bad, Jaguar, JLR, Jobs, Land Rover, low emission Ingenium engine, Manufacturing facility, The EMC is home to the high technology, uk

Environmental Audit Committee Recommends Switch From Diesel And VED Rebalancing

November 20, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Government should consider a diesel scrappage scheme and ensure that Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) changes tackle harmful NO2 pollution as well as climate-changing CO2 to encourage drivers to move away from polluting diesel vehicles. The Environmental Audit Committee has today published its response to the Government’s Draft plans to improve air quality in the […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, Technical, The Environment Tagged With: Car Articles, Chancellor, Clean Air Zones, CO2, Environmental Audit Committee, Huw Irranca-Davies, NO2, The treasury, VED, Vehicle Excise duty

Volkswagen Confirms Engines Affected

October 23, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

After thorough examination it is now confirmed that no software constituting an improper defeat device as defined in law is installed in vehicles with EA 288 EU5-engines. Before, Volkswagen Group has confirmed that new EU6-compliant vehicles offered within the European Union fulfil all legal requirements and environmental standards. Volkswagen customers can visit the corporate websites […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Industry News, Technical, The Environment Tagged With: Cars, Defeat devices, Diesel engines, Engines, EU5, EU6, Seat, skoda, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Group

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