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Thursday, 27 June 2019

BBC News

• How to get the best price when buying a carAs car sales plunge, desperate dealers are said to be offering huge discounts, so how can drivers benefit?

Times Online

• Webuyanycar dealer BCA Marketplace agrees to go private in £1.9bn sale [Subscription]The owner of Webuyanycar.com has agreed to sell itself to a private equity group for £1.9 billion in cash. BCA Marketplace transports and customises new cars before sale and auctions old ones, with four million cars passing through its hands each year. It said that it was recommending a 243p-a-share offer from TDR Capital.
• Sticking to a 20mph limit is too much for 87% of drivers [subscription]Almost nine in ten motorists drive too fast on 20mph roads. A study by the Department for Transport found that 87 per cent of car drivers exceeded the limit last year.

Green Miscellany

• Electric Vehicles could save four EU countries €4bn a year, study findsBut failure to integrate smart technology into EV charging infrastructure could lead to EV uptake having the opposite effect How important are emerging smart charging technologies to the electric vehicle (EV) revolution and the wider net zero transition? That is the question asked by two separate reports this week. And the answer from both appears to be, 'very'.

EIN News Subscription

• European heat wave sees Germany put speed limits on highways BERLIN (AP) — Large parts of western and central Europe sweltered in scorching weather Wednesday, with German authorities imposing speed limits on highways amid fears of buckling road surfaces and some French schools staying closed as a precaution. …