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Thursday, 04 August 2022

BBC News

• London taxis: The cabbie teaching women the Knowledge for freeTaxi driver Lisa Seymour is on a mission to get more women cabbies on the capital's roads.

Financial Times

• BP and UK supermarket chains urged to cut petrol prices Motoring groups turn heat up on fuel retailers amid cost of living crisis

The Guardian

• Van that detects if drivers are holding a mobile phone trialled in UKStationary roadside vehicle can also tell if passing drivers are not wearing seatbelt. A van with technology that can automatically detect drivers holding a mobile phone at the wheel or not wearing a seatbelt is being trialled in the UK for the first time.

Times Online

• ‘Stick of legislation’ required to achieve net zero strategy [subscription]The carrot of incentives will not achieve Britain’s green goals, writes Ben Standing

Birmingham Post

• Jaguar Land Rover opens electric vehicle testing facilityLab will test next generation of vehicles for electrical and radio interference.