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Various rail and Tube strikes by the RMT and Aslefunions are expected to disrupt public transport in London next week.
Various rail and Tube strikes by the RMT and Aslefunions are expected to disrupt public transport in London next week.
Fines rescinded after Standard intervenes
LONDON/DETROIT (Reuters) -For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, forcing insurance companies to write off cars with few miles - leading to higher premiums and undercutting gains from going electric. And now those battery packs are piling up in scrapyards in some countries, a previously unreported and expensive gap in what was supposed to be a "circular economy." Battery packs can cost tens of thousands of dollars and represent up to 50% of an EV's price tag, often making it uneconomical to replace them.
A car has become stuck after getting wedged in a narrow alley against the basement windows of a historic hotel in Bath.
Rail passengers battled with more travel chaos this weekend and face further industrial action by train workers over the coming weeks.
Man arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving
A “bubbling” puddle has opened up on a west London rugby pitch as HS2 workers bore a tunnel deep underground to Euston. A dogwalker stumbled on the bizarre phenomenon at Ruislip RFC on Sunday morning - a month after a mystery foam bubbled up to the surface nearby. Video shows a murky brown puddle bubbling vigorously behind a sealed-off area of the playing fields that backs onto a primary school.
An emergency slide was deployed as fire engines surrounded a plane at an international airport.
STORY: Scratched the battery on your new electric vehicle, even slightly? Then your car may be a write-off. That's because in many EVs there is no way to fix or assess even lightly damaged battery packs.The problem has forced insurance companies to write off cars with few miles on the clock, leading to higher premiums. It also undercuts the green case for EVs, if they have to be junked after any incident. Battery packs can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and make up half of an EV's price tag.Both Ford and General Motors say they have made battery packs easier to repair.But market leader Tesla has taken the opposite approach with its Model Y.Experts warned its new structural battery pack has - quote - 'zero repairability'.Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.A Reuters search of EV salvage sales in the U.S. and Europe showed a large portion of low-mileage Teslas.Major brands like Nissan and Hyundai were also present.EVs make up small fraction of vehicles on the road and that makes industry-wide data hard to come by.But the trend of low-mileage zero-emission cars being written off with minor damage is growing.Insurers and experts say that Tesla and other carmakers need to make changes.They want to see more repairable battery packs and third-party access to battery cell data.Otherwise, they warn, insurance premiums will just keep on going up as EV sales continue to grow.
Built on Volkswagen's MEB platform and set to begin production in Germany, this Europe-market crossover is considerably smaller than the Explorer we get here.
The latest automotive Lego set comes complete with a spare tire on the hood, a working winch, and a roof rack packed with off-road essentials.
TUI has offered all passengers on board a diverted flight from Tenerife to Manchester counseling from the Centre for Crisis Psychology.
Five children were killed in an unimaginable tragedy in Westchester County early Sunday. They died in a car crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway, and police say the driver was just 16 years old. Source: CBS New York
Transport Secretary Mark Harper urges RMT to call off upcoming strikes across train operating companies and let all members have say on pay offers
Residents have been left shocked after a car drove directly over a roundabout on Monday (March 21) - as police were spotted at the scene of a one-vehicle crash.
A MOTORCYCLIST was injured in a crash with a car this morning in Christchurch.
A driver wanted to reinsure their vehicle at the roadside after being pulled over by the police as part of Operation Tutelage
A man in his 30s was killed in a crash on a major Oxford road.
BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission has drafted a plan to allow sales of new cars with internal combustion engines after 2035 if they run only on climate neutral e-fuels, as it tries to resolve a spat with Germany over moves to phase out combustion engine cars. The draft proposal, seen by Reuters on Tuesday, suggests creating a new type of vehicle category in the European Union for cars that can only run on carbon neutral fuels. The proposal could offer a route for carmakers to keep selling combustion engine vehicles after 2035, the date when a planned EU law is set to ban the sale of new CO2-emitting cars.
She bought her first house at 21 for £450,000
A Lancashire train station is receiving £9.5million of investment to restore and upgrade the building.