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Friday, 21 October 2016

BBC News

• Thousands apply for train driver jobs on east coast routeMore than 15,000 people apply for 78 jobs driving new trains being launched by Virgin on the East Coast Route.

Financial Times

• Yandex Taxi slashes fares to stay ahead of UberRussian search engine’s car-hailing app fights to retain dominance of $7bn market

The Guardian

• Tesla releases video of fully autonomous Model X electric carVideo follows announcement that all Tesla cars built from now on will contain components required for self-drivingTesla announced on Wednesday that from now on all of its electric cars will be built with the components required to turn them into fully autonomous vehicles at a later date. Now chief executive, Elon Musk, has released a video showing what that really means.The video shows a Tesla Model X driving out of a garage, picking up a human driver – who is required to be in the driving seat for the car to legally self-drive in the US – and then driving itself around some public roads, navi...
• Stop obsessing about planes and trains, and start using roads better | Simon JenkinsMinisters are dazzled by the idea of a third Heathrow runway and HS2. If only they were as excited about car travelInfrastructure is the new kale. It is the latest fad on the block. Every politician wants more of it. To Labour and Tory, TUC and CBI, infrastructure is the acceptable face of borrowing and spending. All will be well if we just pour billions into concrete. But for what? Related: HS2: the zombie train that refuses to die | Simon Jenkins Continue reading...

The Herald

• Drivers urged to go electric with interest-free Government loans up to �35kDRIVERS have been urged to take advantage of zero-interest loans to purchase an electric car before the Scottish Government funded scheme ends.

This is Money

• 'Flawed decisions' by the DVLA put disabled and ill drivers off the road The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman said there were major failings in how the fitness of vulnerable drivers has been assessed in a damning report of the DVLA.