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Ministers 'will ignore' pleas from car manufacturers to loosen EV targets or spare them from fines despite fears of job losses
Under a Government mandate, at least 22 per cent of new cars sold by every manufacturer in the UK this year must be zero-emission.
JAMES ESSES: Jaguar's new woke makeover is so ludicrous and insulting I'm going to swap mine for one of Elon's Teslas
Want to buy a Jaguar? Because suddenly, I don't want to own one. My F-Type, once my pride and joy, is now an embarrassment to me.
The American marketing guru who masterminded Jaguar's woke rebrand: BLM-supporting designer from New York who lives with Scottish husband and their cockapoo Mia boasted of British car icon's 'transformative journey'
Santino Pietrosanti, who boasted at an awards dinner that Jaguar had 'established over 15 DEI groups' as part of a 'transformative journey', is head of brand at the historic car company.
Ford plans to cut about 800 roles across the UK over the next three years as part of a wider European jobs cull
The company said the UK job cuts come as part of plans to axe 4,000 roles overall across Europe by the end of 2027 to slash costs.
Good Samaritan, 45, slapped with £155 parking ticket 'while waiting for ambulance with blind pensioner who fell and broke her hip'
Alastair Kelly, from the Isle of Wight, was on his lunch break when he noticed the pensioner who had taken a fall and hurt herself.
Electric car owners could be left up to £70,000 out of pocket as firm goes bankrupt
More than 400 owners of vehicles made by Fisker could find themselves £70,000 out of pocket - after the Californian-based company declared it had gone bust in June.
Council to 'pick the pockets of drivers' as they plan to rake in more than £500MILLION in parking fines and fees over next decade
At a recent budget meeting, officials at the London Borough of Islington noted that parking income had not recovered after the pandemic.
How a 'stealth tax' deemed inevitable under Labour could end up costing drivers £800 a year
Under ambitious plans to reach net-zero, Labour has vowed to press ahead with the controversial ban of sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.
'Bear' filmed trashing luxury car revealed to be a person wearing a costume for insurance scam
Surveillance video of the incident emerged in January from outside a home in Lake Arrowhead, California, appearing to show a bear rip through the luxury car.
Sir Rod Stewart considers selling his Italian supercar collection over huge potholes outside his £4.6m mansion - amid long-running row with council over state of the roads
In a cruel twist of fate, Sir Rod recently admitted that he may have to part ways with his fleet after becoming frustrated at the plague of potholes around his £4.6m Essex mansion.
Rod Stewart set to ditch his fleet of luxury supercars as potholes near his home put him off owning them
Sir Rod Stewart has said he may ditch his fleet of luxury supercars after becoming frustrated at the plague of potholes around his Essex home.
Drive a Chelsea tractor? It could cost you more to park: Council wants to hike parking permits for owners of 'large luxury cars' like Range Rovers and Audi R8s in SUV crackdown
Draft proposals by Labour-run Haringey Council, in north London, will see the annual cost of residents' parking permits rise by as much as £87 for the largest vehicles.(file image)
Drivers fined £4.1MILLION by mistake in a single year at Dartford Crossing that connects Essex to Kent
Conduent was handed a £150 million contract by National Highways to manage crossing payments but drivers found they were being fined or charged when they had not crossed
Meet the motorist who exposed 'PPI 2.0': Postman with 'penchant for fast cars' took finance firm to court over 'secret' commission payments - and unearthed a compensation scandal
EXCLUSIVE: Postman Andrew Wrench is one of the unlikely architects of a court case that sent Britain's car finance firms into a spiral amid a row over 'secret' commission paid to dealers.
Drivers pay the price in premiums as 'cash-for-crash' moped scams soar four-fold in a year, new figures reveal
Scams involving moped riders deliberately crashing into other vehicles for bogus insurance claims have soared four-fold, new figures show.