MG smashes sales records amid booming demand for its electric vehicles

An old name reborn: MG sells its 20,000th car of the year amid booming demand for electric vehicles By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:51 EDT, 17 September 2021 | Updated: 05:24 EDT, 20 September 2021 MG has smashed its sales records amid booming demand for its electric vehicles. The British motoring brand … Read more

Amazon patent shows small robotic vehicles delivery packages from the van to doorsteps

Amazon may soon employ a little robotic helper to assist with delivering packages from vans to a customer’s drop-off destination. The firm was awarded a patent earlier this month entitled, ‘Directing secondary delivery vehicles using primary delivery vehicles,’ which describes its delivery van bringing packages to a customer’s drop-off  destination and a smaller vehicle carrying … Read more

Trials of Britain’s new £5.5 billion Ajax armoured vehicles are halted for SECOND time

Trials of Britain’s new £5.5 billion Ajax armoured vehicles are halted for SECOND time because they are too noisy for their crews Ministry of Defence said Ajax trials have been suspended over noise concerns  Crews have reportedly suffered nausea, swollen joins and tinnitus during trials Vehicles are billed as ‘fully digital’ and ‘the next generation … Read more

Electric car concept can hoover up the pollution from other vehicles

A driverless electric car concept is capable of hoovering up pollution left by other vehicles as it drives along, leaving clean air in its wake, its designers claim. The Airo is being designed by British Heatherwick Studio for the Chinese green-vehicle firm IM Motors and could go into production as soon as 2023.  It features … Read more

Volkswagen accidentally leaks ‘Voltswagen in America’ name change to emphasize electric vehicles

Volkswagen accidentally posted a press release on its website a month early announcing a new name for its U.S. operations, ‘Voltswagen of America,’ as it amps up efforts to compete with the likes of Tesla. A spokesman for the company declined to comment on the release Monday, which was dated April 29 and has been … Read more

British troops are forced to fit nets to protect vehicles from missile attacks

British troops are forced to fit nets to protect vehicles from missile attacks during mission to promote peace in West Africa Soldiers are now using ‘rocket defusing netting’ after attacks on troops in Mali  The netting prevents a missile warhead from detonating on impact with vehicle One defence source says UN Mali mission is more … Read more

London LTNs: More chaos caused by cycleway as it blocks three emergency vehicles

A controversial London cycleway has blocked three emergency service vehicles in just 24 hours. A blue-lit fire engine was halted, a police car’s driver was forced to turn around and an ambulance had to weave between traffic after congestion built up on Chiswick High Road in west London. It comes as residents across Britain continue … Read more

Settled car insurance claims fell by 19% in 2020 due to falling number of vehicles on the road

Settled car insurance claims fell a fifth last year due to fewer vehicles on the road – with the cost of cover remaining at four year low New figures have revealed car insurance claims fell by 19% to 2.1m in 2020  Total payouts also came down by 6% to £8.3bn   The reduction is due to … Read more

Electric car is branded worst motor ever as experts reveal ten most useless vehicles of all time

Electric car with the ‘performance of a sleepy vole’ is branded worst motor ever as experts reveal ten most useless vehicles of all time The Reva G-Wiz topped the list of worst motors compiled by Auto Express   It pipped the likes of the Austin Allegro, Morris Marina and the Reliant Robin   By Gemma Parry For … Read more

Vehicles: Hybrid cars can use FOUR TIMES more fuel than makers claim

Plug-in hybrid electric cars can use four times more fuel than makers claim, costing owners an average of £462 per year more than expected, Which? has warned.  The consumer watchdog tested 22 popular hybrid models over 62 miles (100km) and found that they had all been advertised with unrealistic fuel efficiency figures. On average, hybrid cars … Read more