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This week there is no Follow Up, so the chaps can plough straight into the new News. JANUARY 2018 NEW CAR REGISTRATIONSNew car registrations are down, with diesel being particularly hard hit. This means that Alan's predictions is, unfortunately, still on track. To read more click the SMMT information here. EMISSION DEFEAT DEVICES TO BE FINEDThe Government has announced that emission defeat devices will be open to 'unlimited fines', in the future. This would not have done anything to #DieselGate. There is no information as to what testing they will judge something to have defeated. The chaps are not overly impressed. To read the Autocar article click here. ULTRA LOW EMISSION ZONE TO RAKE THE CASH INFigures from Transport for London and SMMT, which are not the same, show that between 500,000 and 1.6 million vehicles will be charged when entering the ULEZ. Let us remember this is not a tax on the poor! To read more click the Autocar article here. SPEEDING ZERO TOLERANCE PROPOSEDThe head of the National Police Chiefs Council for roads has made a speech stating there should be zero tolerance for speeding. The principle is sound, the limit is there for a reason. However, the tolerance side of things makes this a foolish step. To read more click the Autocar article here. CAR TO GRID SCHEME ANNOUNCEDNissan and the Government have announced the biggest UK car to grid scheme. This will allow EV owners to store locally or put electricity into the National Grid system and get paid for it. To read more click the Autocar article here. RENAULT CUTS WARRANTYRenault has announced that they're cutting their warranty from four years to three. The chaps are very confused at this move. Normally companies become more confident in their product not less. To read more click the Motoring Research article here. GÉRALD WELTER HAS DIEDGérald Welter, who is the father of the Peugeot 205, has died. There have been some lovely memories of him being shared on Twitter. WALES ALLOWS CLOSED ROAD RACINGWales has changed their law to allow closed road racing. The obvious choice for some of that action would be the Rally GB. To read more click the Autosport article here. BLUETOOTH NEARLY STOPS RECORD-BREAKING DRIFTThe trickiest part of the record-breaking BMW M5 constant drifting was not drifting, not trying to go to the toilet, not refuelling but the Bluetooth connectivity. To read more click The Verge article here. LUNCHTIME READING: 10 RULES FOR CITIES ABOUT AUTOMATED VEHICLESJeff Speck, a city planner and urban designer, has written an excellent article outlining ten rules city planners need to think about when considering automated vehicles. He pushes back on some of the claims that are trotted out by AV evangelists. To read it click the link here. Here is the link to the book Alan mentioned, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and Fall of Cars LIST OF THE WEEK: 20 CONCEPTS WE WISH WERE REALTo see the wonderful examples of concepts that never were made click the Classic and Sportscar link here. SUPPORT THE MOTORING PODCASTIf you also wish to support Alan and Andrew in what they do and are trying to do, then please click the link below. REAR VIEW PODCASTDon't forget the new show from the team at Motoring Podcast, Rear View, where we talk to fascinating people from the motoring universe. To go listen to the episodes already released on iTunes click here. TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ALAN AND ANDREW...To get in touch with Alan via Twitter To get in touch with Andrew via Twitter To get in touch with the Motoring Podcast via Twitter To follow the Motoring Podcast on Instagram To watch the Motoring Podcast on YouTube  |
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