Chris Rosamond

2 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Chris Rosamond

Is the controversial luxury car tax applied to new electric cars costing over £40,000 about to be tweaked or even scrapped? A letter from Labour transport minister Lilian Greenwood to a local MP, seen by Auto Express, says the government will consider raising the threshold of the expensive car VED surcharge “for zero emissions vehicles only, at a future fiscal event”. The aim would be to “make it easier to buy electric cars”.

2 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Chris Rosamond

We receive many unusual press releases here at Auto Express, but we’ve not seen anyone attempt to rank the UK’s worst lay-bys to break down in. Until now. We’d say the worst lay-by to break down in is the one where it happens to you, but hats off to ALA Insurance for taking a more scientific approach to the subject, in an ultimately successful effort to grab a headline.

2 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Chris Rosamond

Following successful trials involving 10 local councils operating car parks, the long-heralded National Parking Platform (NPP) is being rolled out in an effort to simplify the parking experience for drivers. The Department for Transport (DfT) has commissioned the British Parking Association trade body to take forward development of the platform “at no cost to the taxpayer”, following liaison with major parking app operators such as RingGo, JustPark and PayByPhone.

2 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Chris Rosamond

With the May Bank Holiday and the start of half term in many parts of the country almost upon us, the RAC is predicting huge numbers of cars on the road this weekend. Working with transport analyst INRIX, the motoring organisation reckons almost 18 million road trips are being planned for the Bank Holiday weekend, with the worst traffic chaos likely to be on Friday 23 May and Saturday 24, with 3.4 million trips expected to be made by car on both days.

2 weeks ago | autoexpress.co.uk | Chris Rosamond

Autonomous or self-driving cars have been on the roads of the UK for several years as part of various technical trials, but always with a safety driver sitting behind the wheel ready to take command in an emergency. Now it has been revealed that the first ‘unmanned’ driverless cars won’t appear until the second half of 2027 at the earliest - a year later than the date promised by the last government.