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Thursday, 27 April 2017

Financial Times

• Flying car contenders taxi for take-offMagnificent nerds and their new electric flying machines face battery-life problems

The Guardian

• TfL to spend £18m on preparing London for new electric black cabsUpgrade of capital’s power grids will enable energy companies to install 300 fast-charging stations by 2020Transport for London is spending £18m on upgrading the capital’s power grids to charge the first generation of battery-powered black cabs.From 1 January 2018, all new black cabs will have to be battery-powered electric models by law as part of TfL’s effort to reduce toxic pollution from diesel engines.

The Huffington Post

• Uber Has Made It Much Easier To See Your RatingUber has put ratings front and centre in the latest version of its app in a bid to encourage “better rider behaviour”. Previously, users had to navigate a maze of menus to find out how drivers had scored them, but ratings have now been elevated to the the app’s main menu. Product managers Mike Truong and Ronak Trivedi said they hoped the move would remind users that mutual respect is an “important part” of Uber’s guidelines. “Drivers do their best to make Uber enjoyable and safe for their riders, and we expect that riders do the same for drivers,&...

Mail Online

• M6 naming rights to be sold AA president Edmund King said sports teams, supermarkets and tech firms are among the companies who could purchase the naming rights of major roads to reduce taxes.

The Mirror

• 'Beat traffic jams by using Manchester United M6': Now our motorways could be sponsored in bid to cut costs The Man United M6, Morrisons M1, the Microsoft M4 and the Adidas A1 would help to tackle traffic jams, says Edmund King, president of the AA

Manchester Evening News

• Thousands of cars are being clamped in Manchester since road tax went paperless Ten cars a day are being clamped in the region - but last year it was just five. Is scrapping tax discs to blame?

Wales Online

• Charging points for electric cars could be made available across South West Wales More charging points could be made available across South West Wales to cater for an increase in electric cars

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Uber plans to test on-demand flying cars network by 2020 Uber has unveiled plans to partner with plane manufacturers to develop and test a network of flying cars by 2020. The ride-sharing company said it will run trials in the US city of Dallas and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The flying electric taxis are being developed with aviation companies including Embraer and Bell Helicopter. While the technology is largely unproven, Uber believes the service will eventually cost about the same as its car rides. Expanding on ideas first published in a white paper last October, the company said the electric vehicles will take off and land verticall...