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Saturday, 18 November 2017

BBC News

• Tesla shows off new truck and surprise RoadsterTesla shows off a long awaited truck, but surprises with its new Roadster sports car.
• London taxi and private hire cab sex attacks 'at 14-year high'The number of reported rapes and sexual offences against passengers reached 164 in 2016, figures show.
• Jaguar Land Rover tests driverless cars on public roadsThe UK's biggest car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover is testing driverless cars on public roads.

Financial Times

• Nissan chief to return part of salary following scandalSaikawa move triggered by report detailing decades of systematic rule breaking and cover-ups
• Tesla unleashes supercar from newly launched truckElon Musk says revamped Roadster will be ‘fastest production car ever made’

The Herald

• Targeting drivers in the Budget would be an act of ‘economic self-harm’, motoring campaigners warnMOTORING campaigners have urged the Government to freeze fuel duty and avoid punishing drivers of diesel vehicles in Wednesday’s Budget.

Times Online

• Elon Musk unveils first electric lorry [Subscription]Tesla has unveiled its first electric lorry, claiming that the semi-autonomous vehicle will make diesels obsolete.
• Labour ignored pollution alert in dash for diesel [Subscription]Tony Blair’s government ignored health warnings over air pollution as it pushed ahead with tax changes that led to a fourfold increase in the number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads, confidential Treasury files released yesterday show.

Mail Online

• Car tax goes online as number of licence cheats trebles The Government claimed it would save £10million a year by reducing tax evasion and cutting costs when it replaced paper discs with an online system in October 2014.
• Top scientists close to creating huge 'hover vehicle'  Amazing footage shows the progress a team of scientists have made in creating a huge 'hover vehicle' that travels across the surface, paving the way for a Back To The Future like flying car.

Birmingham Mail

• Call to freeze fuel duty and avoid punishing diesel motorists ahead of Budget There has been growing speculation that Chancellor Philip Hammond will increase taxes on new diesel cars

Birmingham Post

• Jaguar Land Rover tests driverless vehicles on public roads Luxury car manufacturer has taken to city centre streets for trials among everyday traffic

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Council issues written warning after minicab firm appears to boast about driver's illegal manoeuvre A MINICAB firm has been given a formal warning after appearing to laugh off concerns about an illegal manoeuvre performed by one of its drivers.

Holyrood

• RAC calls for DVLA to set up website for drivers to check car emissions

Bucks Free Press

• REVEALED: Car parks rake in £270,000 in 6 months – after failed ANPR system scrapped More than £270,000 has been raked in from car parking by Wycombe District Council since April, it has been revealed.

Other Regional Press

• Traffic fears as 6 months' work lined up for Mannington roundabout DRIVERS are being warned to brace themselves for at least six months of roadworks at a busy Swindon roundabout.
• Drivers facing 14 months of roadworks misery in £5.2million electricity project HAMPSHIRE residents are set to face 14 months of roads misery and traffic disruption during a £5.2m project aimed at upgrading electricity cables.
• Petition launched following road safety concerns at Park Hill Primary School Councillors are leading calls to improve road safety at the school, on Lower Eastern Green Lane