GREY IS THE MOST POPULAR COLOUR
Grey is the most popular colour chosen by British new car buyers for the 4th year in a row. You can read the release from the SMMT here and analysis from Autocar here.
COUNCILS COULD ENFORCE MOVING TRAFFIC OFFENCES FROM JUNE
Councils in England and Wales could be able to follow the examples of London and Cardiff and enforce some traffic offenses from June. They will have some hoops to jump through though. You have read more here.
STREETLIGHTS TO GAIN MORE TECH
Some streetlights could gain additional tech to help aid car to car communication as part of their scheduled refurbishment. More information about this here.
CALLS FOR AUTONOMOUS CAR USERS TO BE USERS, NOT DRIVERS
A report on legal changes required to enable autonomous vehicles in the future has called for four significant law changes. You can read more in the BBC article here.
ALLIANCE OUTLINE LATEST EV PLAN
Renalut-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance has outlined its plans for 35 new EVson 5 platforms across the next few years, but we won’t see them all in Europe. The Autocar story is linked here.
BENTLEY RECEIVES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT BEYOND 100
Volkswagen Group is investing heavily in 5 new electric Bentley models and refurbishment of the Crewe factory. More here from evo magazine.
ALL CURRENT ROLLS-ROYCE MODELS TO GO ELECTRIC
In an unsurprising move,Rolls-Royce has announced that all their current models will be EVs by 2030. More from Autocar here.
HEALTH WARNING ON FRENCH CARS
The French government plans to mandate that a percentage car adverts is given over to a warning panel promoting alternative transport methods. To find out more, here’s the article from treehugger.com.
DAIMLER TRUCK SEES SIGNIFICANT SALES INCREASE IN 2021
SMMT commercial vehicle registrations figures for 2021 haven’t been released yet, but Daimler, globally, sold 20% more vehicles in 2021 than 2020. You can find out
