Getty Images By Noor Nanji Business reporter, BBC News Electric cars will no longer be exempt from vehicle excise duty from April 2025, the chancellor has said. Announcing the change as part of his Autumn Statement, Jeremy Hunt said the move was designed to make the motoring tax system “fairer”. The RAC motoring group said […]
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WASHINGTON – Stellantis is recalling 280,000 Ram heavy-duty diesel trucks worldwide for fire risks, a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and a company statement showed on Thursday. The recall covers 2020-2023 Ram 2500 and 2020-2022 Ram 3500 trucks. A build-up of pressure and heat inside the transmission could result in a transmission
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American Formula 1 team Haas announced on Thursday it will drop current driver Mick Schumacher after the 2022 season. His replacement has been named as fellow German driver Nico Hülkenberg. Schumacher, whose father is F1 legend Michael Schumacher, joined Haas in 2021 as a rookie, and while he’s managed to get some decent points on
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Porsche is pitching its new 911 Dakar as a sports car aimed at the SUV set. The rally-inspired Dakar features a jacked-up suspension, all-terrain tires and an antilock braking system optimized for loose gravel. Porsche unveiled the two-door off-roader on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. The 911 Dakar is limited to 2,500
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It may have taken BMW decades to launch a Touring version of the M3 but now that the Audi RS4 Avant and Mercedes-AMG C63 Estate rival is here, Ben Collins recently had the chance to put it through its paces around the Nurburgring GP circuit. Given that Collins once served as The Stig on Top
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LOS ANGELES — After a stumble out of the gates with its first-in-a-series 2023 bZ4X, Toyota is introducing a smaller concept with a similar shape likely to one day slide beneath the back-on-sale bZ4X in an expanded battery-electric lineup for the Japanese automaker. The Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept shown late Wednesday before the start
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As Tesla has millions of loyal followers all around the world, it can launch virtually any product and know that there’s a good chance said product will sell out. So, here we are, writing about a new Tesla product that has nothing to do with electric vehicles and is instead a pair of tequila sipping
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WASHINGTON — The National Automobile Dealers Association on Wednesday applauded the Senate introduction of legislation that would help law enforcement combat an alarming rise in catalytic converter thefts in the U.S. Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Ron Wyden of Oregon introduced the bill — known as the Preventing Auto Recycling Theft, or PART,
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It’s the end of an era at Lamborghini. The automaker is launching its final vehicles powered purely by internal-combustion engines, as starting from next year it will only offer electrified powertrains. A Huracán Sterrato will be launched later in November as the final Lamborghini powered purely by a V-10, and the Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae
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The Walt Disney Company has selected Hyundai as the first official brand partner and exclusive automotive sponsor of its upcoming 100th anniversary celebrations, marking the latest step in the increasingly friendly relationship between the entertainment giant and the South Korean automaker. With the deal locked in, Hyundai is gearing up to launch a global ad
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