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Wednesday, 27 September 2017

BBC News

• Dyson to make electric cars from 2020The firm known for vacuum cleaners and fans will challenge the industry with a battery-powered car.

The Guardian

• James Dyson to invest £2.5bn on 'radically different' electric carBritish inventor, whose company has been working on vehicle since 2015, says it will launch in 2020British inventor Sir James Dyson has announced plans to build an electric car that will be “radically differentâ€� from current models and go on sale in 2020.The billionaire who revolutionised the vacuum cleaner said 400 engineers in Wiltshire had been working since 2015 on the £2.5bn project. Continue reading...

Times Online

• Mayor right to ban Uber, almost half of voters say [Subscription]Almost half of London voters support the decision to remove Uber’s licence in the city, a poll for The Times indicates.

Mail Online

• Nissan Qashqai and Ford Mondeo 'top dirty diesels league' Tests found some of the poorest performing vehicles were those with the most up-to-date – and supposedly cleanest – engines, including the Nissan model, pictured.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Car styling firm looks to biggest new vehicle market in world A CAR-styling company, which helps adapt well-known models, has contracted overseas trade specialist, Chamber International, to help it create new sales partnerships in China.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• UK firms challenged to cut freight emissionsRoads Minister Jesse Norman has called on UK businesses to lead research into low emission technology for lorries, as well as cars and vans. The projects could see materials which make vehicles lighter, or improve the efficiency of engines or batteries. Roads Minister Jesse Norman said:
• Get informed: Make sure you’re ready for the T-ChargeTransport for London (TfL) has issued a helpful summary to provide guidance to road users during the first week of the T-Charge.  The T-Charge (Toxicity Charge) is part of a package of actions being taken by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to help clean up London’s dangerously polluted air, especially nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter. Both of these contribute to thousands of early deaths in London each year and impact our health over the course of our lives – leading to smaller lungs in our children, and greater risk of dementia and stroke when we get older.   ...