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Thursday, 08 October 2015

BBC News

• £20m M4 relief road cash 'appalling'A Labour AM says she is
• VIDEO: Does VW scandal affect your car?Richard Westcott explains how you can check if your car is affected by the VW emissions scandal.

The Guardian

• Can Tesla downshift from $130,000 SUVs to mass market electric cars?After unveiling the luxury Model X, Elon Musk’s company has a big challenge ahead as it aims for a bigger audience with its Model 3, promised for 2017On 21 September, Tesla’s chief executive and founder, Elon Musk, used all the tricks in his showman’s book to launch the company’s latest all-electric vehicle, the Model X, at the company’s San Francisco Bay headquarters. Tesla’s mission, he said, is to “accelerate the advent of sustainable transportâ€�, hoping that the new SUV will help the company appeal to a wider audience of American motorists. But with its $130,000 price tag, the Model X could...

North Wales Live

• £1.7m resurfacing for Port of Liverpool route resumes Contractors resurfacing an area of road equivalent to the size of eight football pitches

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• ‘We are on a journey to improve our roads’ say senior road network experts at CILT’s Conservative Party Conference DebateThe state of the country’s road surfaces, the introduction of new technology and the need to reduce air pollution from our roads were the hot topics of this year’s Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference 2015.  Steve Agg FCILT, Chief Executive, CILT, chaired the Institute’s fringe event in Manchester on Tuesday, and a panel of leading road network experts discussed their ‘Vision for the future of our roads’.  Panellists included: Andrew Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State; Ste...