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- Jaguar Land Rover to announce electric car investmentJaguar Land Rover (JLR) will announce later today an investment worth hundreds of millions of pounds in electric vehicle-making.
- Electric cars 'will not solve transport problem,' report warnsCar use will still need to be curbed, even when all vehicles use clean electricity, a report warns.
- 'Major disruption' forecast as Salford road needs £490k workMotorists could face delays along a key Salford road during road works proposed for this summer.
- 'Grave concern' as sales of low emission cars fallTotal sales of plug-in and hybrid cars drop for the first time in more than two years, the industry says.
The Independent
- Burials should be permitted next to motorways and railway lines, says leading public health expertBurials should be permitted alongside motorways and railway lines, according to a leading public health expert who is advocating a network of “green corridor cemeteries” across the UK.
Times Online
- Sales of hybrid cars plummet after subsidy cut [subscription]The number of green cars sold in Britain has fallen for the first time in two years after the government cut subsidies. Last month 13,314 “alternatively fuelled” cars were registered, 12 per cent less than in June 2018. Sales of pure electric cars rose sharply but this was offset by a huge decrease in the number of hybrids, which run on a combination of battery power and a conventional petrol engine.
New Civil Engineer
- Lower Thames Crossing boss quits projectLower Thames Crossing project director Tim Jones is set to leave his post, New Civil Engineer can reveal. Jones has served as the £6.8bn project’s director for the last two years, taking it through design and public consultation phases.
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