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‘Completely destroyed’: how a Halfords service left a car owner £2,000 out of pocket
A man was left in despair when his beloved Alfa Romeo was wrecked on a test...
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Lease electric cars to rural care workers, UK climate charity says
Possible charity highlights financial savings and environmental benefits for low-paid staffMinisters should consider a social leasing...
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UK a ‘tax haven’ for polluting SUVs, says green thinktank
First-year vehicle excise duty is a fraction of that in countries such as France and the...
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Post-Brexit watchdog ‘ready’ to investigate flood of cheaper Chinese electric cars
Remarks by head of trade authority come amid fears UK firms could be undercut ‘to extinction’The...
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Car insurance: drivers paying monthly ‘face interest charges of more than 30%’
‘Poverty premium’ penalises drivers who cannot pay one-off lump sum, say campaignersCar owners who pay for...
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Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens ‘wrongly fined for driving in London Ulez’
Exclusive: EU states accuse TfL of huge data breach over clean air zone penalties, with many...
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‘It was so worrying’: EU motorist tells of £11,000 run-in with London Ulez rules
Driver was unaware he had to register French hire car with TfL’s collection agent even though...
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UK ministers in ‘embarrassing climbdown’ over claims quad bike roll bars increase injury risk
Government had rejected campaigners’ demands for new safety measures on basis of outdated researchThe government is...
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‘They’ve knocked down hundreds of trees’: concerns over Cornwall’s new anti-gridlock road
The infamous A30 summer holiday bottleneck will go when eight miles of dual carriageway opens in...
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‘It feels very fun and freeing’: US sees ebike boom after years of false starts
Sales surge as cities and states look to cut pollution from cars and improve options for...