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Saturday, 09 September 2017

BBC News

• Scots' Electric dreamThe Scottish government wants to phase out diesel and petrol cars, but what challenges will that bring?

Financial Times

• New car-hailing app banned in LondonDidi-backed Taxify and Via to shake up one of US group’s most profitable markets
• Uber switching drivers to greener vehicles in UK£150m Clean Air Fund aims to make Uber cars in London hybrid or electric by end of 2019
• Uber confirms FBI probe of ‘Hell’ tracker programmeInvestigation of software used to monitor rival Lyft is latest in long legal line

The Guardian

• Violence erupts between taxi and Uber drivers in JohannesburgPolice deployed to quell violence after two cars operated by Uber drivers were torched in South Africa’s commercial capitalPolice have been deployed to sites in Johannesburg to quell growing violence between Uber drivers and metered taxi operators.Two cars operated by Uber drivers were torched on Thursday night outside a shopping mall in the upmarket suburb of Sandton in the latest round of clashes in South Africa’s commercial capital. A metered taxi was reportedly attacked early on Friday morning. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Section of M6 closed in Cheshire after tankers collide spilling chemical waste

Times Online

• Finance and leasing deals rise despite car sales fall [Subscription]Despite a fall in sale volumes, the value of advances made by financing and leasing companies on cars was up 3 per cent in July at £1.21 billion and 1 per cent for the three months to July at £4.11 billion, an industry organisation reports.
• New car production drives pick up in UK manufacturing [Subscription]Growth in the manufacturing sector rose at its fastest pace this year in July but the trade deficit widened and construction continued to shrink.
• Peugeot chiefs ‘approved emissions cheat devices on 2m diesel vehicles’ [Subscription]Three chief executives of PSA Peugeot Citroën approved a fraudulent strategy to defeat anti-pollution tests on almost two million vehicles sold in France, according to an official report.
• Uber ‘illegally tracked key competitor’ [Subscription]The FBI is investigating Uber amid claims that the taxi-hailing company used software to interfere with a rival.

This is Money

• Car scrappage schemes explained and compared Some 22 car brands have existing scrappage schemes running through the month of September (and some until the end of the year). Find out which ones offer the best value in our guide.
• Jaguar to go electric in 2020 and reveals the E-Type Zero Jaguar has taken ‘the world’s most beautiful car’ and given it an automotive heart transplant with an electric motor, as it announced plans for all new cars on sale from 2020 to be electrified.

Birmingham Mail

• Ten parks to visit in Birmingham where you can still park your car for FREE As Cannon Hill Park introduces car parking charges, why not try these ten alternatives?

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North Wales Bad Parking ... are you in the hall of shame this month? Eagle-eyed readers have been supplying some of the best of the worst parking car-trastrophes spotted around North Wales

London Evening Standard

• Uber to charge Londoners 'green fare' surcharge to fund hybrid carsLondoners hailing Uber cabs will be charged an extra 35p "green fare" for each ride from next month to help pay to convert vehicles to hybrid or fully electric engines by 2020.
• Two great value driver's cars: Peugeot 308 GTi v Seat Leon CupraTwo hot hatches from brands famed for their real-world driver's cars. Which is best?
• Concept cars that never made it to the showroom floorThese incredible flights of fancy made it into reality - but not the production line
• ​This Chinese five-seat SUV could soon be a on European roadsOut and about in the Changan CS55 230T Xuan Yao

Manchester Evening News

• M6 closed for EIGHT hours after 18,000 litres of 'corrosive liquid' leaked onto motorway following crash The motorway finally reopened at around 9pm following the crash between a HGV and tanker junction 18 for Holmes Chapel and junction 19 for Knutsford on Friday afternoon

Wales Online

• This road has seen 731 accidents and 21 deaths in 10 years The "far from acceptable" figures include more than 1,000 casualties in total

Other Regional Press

• £30m dual carriageway plan faces public inquiry A public inquiry will be held into a major multi-million pounds dual carriageway plan for a town centre.
• "These car drivers are just lazy" readers react to school driving ban "I know how easy it is to drive and get lazy" school run parents criticised on Facebook
• The biggest car and motorcycle day in Coventry takes place this weekendThis year’s event, organised by Coventry Transport Museum, is set to be the biggest one yet with a fantastic array of classic cars on Millennium Place and Broadgate

Other News Sources

• Carbon fuel engines still have a big futureTHE Government’s recent announcement of a ban on new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 might suggest the days of the internal combustion engine are numbered.