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Wednesday, 06 November 2019

BBC News

• Uber in fatal crash had safety flaws say US investigatorsUS safety investigators found Uber's self-driving test car wasn't programmed to react to jaywakers.

The Scotsman

• New cars sales in reverse but electric vehicles charge aheadNew car sales were stuck in reverse gear last month, new industry figures reveal, despite alternatively fuelled vehicles grabbing a record market share.

City AM

• Petrol price falls for third consecutive month in OctoberThe price of petrol fell for the third month in a row in October, according to data from RAC fuel [...] The post Petrol price falls for third consecutive month in October appeared first on CityAM.

Birmingham Post

• £60,000 awarded to North East firms to promote electric vehiclesAnother two grants of £20,000 are up for grabs from the Electric Vehicle Innovation Accelerator
• Derbyshire built car helps Toyota scoop ‘green fleet’ manufacturing awardCompany recognised for providing environmentally efficient business fleet products and services

Bristol Live

• £220million to be pumped in to scheme for new M5 junctionThe exact location of the junction is yet to be decided

Northern Echo

• Road plan criticised in £4.5m Darlington cemetery proposals PLANS to invest £4.5m to improve Darlington’s West Cemetery have caused upset in the local community.

Green Miscellany

• Cameras to catch drivers using mobile phonesA new type of roadside camera that catches drivers using a mobile phone behind the wheel has been launched by police in the Netherlands. During 18 months of testing, the system used so-called ‘machine learning’ to distinguish between a driver holding a phone and other objects. The cameras have now been installed at two locations in the Netherlands – the… The post Cameras to catch drivers using mobile phones appeared first on ETA.