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The house office is planning a crackdown on dodgy number plates amid worries the trade is enabling criminals to clone automobiles as well as dodge the police. An automobile reveal investigation last year highlighted the simplicity with which UK-style number plates can be bought from overseas-registered business without purchasers having to verify they own the registration in question, a loophole possible as the plates are commonly marketed as ‘show plates’. Green number plates for electric cars and trucks arrive Now, the surveillance cam commissioner, Tony Porter, has stated the trade is resulting in innocent motorists being wrongly accused of road…

Richard Parry-Jones, former group Vice-President-Global product Development, chief technical officer and Head of global R&D Operations at Ford, has died at the age of 69. Born in Bangor, North Wales, RPJ, as he became known, joined Ford as an undergraduate trainee in 1969, going on to earn a first-class honours degree in mechanical engineering from Salford University. Advertisement - short article continues below From the mid-nineties, Parry-Jones led the development teams responsible for some of the greatest automobiles in Ford’s history, including the original Ford Mondeo and Focus, the Ka and the Puma. Parry-Jones’ focus on a car’s dynamics won an…

Nissan has introduced a special edition version of the Leaf, to mark the EV’s tenth year on sale. It’s called the Nissan Leaf10 as well as it’s offered to purchase now, with costs starting from £28,820 including the government’s £3,000 plug-in cars and truck grant. It gets a new badge on the C-pillar marking it out as a special edition model, as well as a new two-tone Ceramic Grey as well as Pearl Black paint scheme, too. Nissan has likewise used a vinyl wrap to the wing mirrors, roofline as well as tailgate, patterned in the exact same geometric style…

Lexus has announced plans to quickly grow its electrified vehicle range between now and 2025. The Japanese manufacturer says it will introduce 10 new cars in the next four years, all of which will feature either a hybrid, plug-in hybrid or pure-electric powertrain. The two most important new cars will be a plug-in hybrid model that will make its debut this year and a full EV, which will be unveiled in 2022. The PHEV will also mark the first time Lexus has dabbled with plug-in hybrid technology. New Lexus LF-Z Electrified concept previews brand’s EV future Lexus has confirmed precious…

Volvo has been knocking on the door of the premium brands for a long time now, however the introduce of the new XC40 little SUV proves beyond question that it is now firmly established among the world’s premium cars and truck makers. Here is a cars and truck dripping with desirability because of its combination of style, innovation as well as quality, plus a book subscription-based ownership plan. It complies with on from auto reveal award-winning XC90 as well as XC60 models, as well as will likely offer in numbers that will make rivals wince. Advertisement - article continues below…

I desire I’d kept every problem of auto reveal since day one. had I done so, I’d have a copy of the ‘Samsung is coming’ headline as well as story I composed soon after we introduced in 1988. In the three decades since, Samsung has ended up being South Korea’s largest as well as most profitable company.  Advertisement - article continues below Very intentionally it’s simply dabbled in the vehicle game so far – mainly, however not entirely, via its downplayed fringe business, Renault Samsung Motors. however I’ve always suspected that when (not if!) the giant introduces itself completely on…

electric vehicles are twice as green as they were five years ago thanks to the increase in renewable energy like solar farms and wind turbines, a study has found. Charging a Tesla model S created 124g of carbon dioxide per km driven in 2012, but that has now halved to 74g per km in winter and just 41g per km in summer, according to research by Imperial college London. Advertisement - article continues below This means a Tesla model S still produces more CO2 when charged in winter than a Toyota Prius, the cleanest non-pure-electric car which emits 70g/km, but…