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Monday, 13 January 2020

Financial Times

• Nissan steps up planning for potential split from RenaultJapanese carmaker examines going it alone in engineering and manufacturing

The Guardian

• Polluting vehicles could be pulled from UK sale, say carmakersNew fines for breaches on CO2 limits will clash with Britons’ taste for higher-emission SUVsCarmakers could pull models from the UK, the automotive industry has warned, as the British taste for polluting vehicles clashes with the difficulty of meeting post-Brexit carbon dioxide limits.Under new EU rules, average carbon dioxide emissions of almost all cars sold in 2020 and 2021 across the single market, including the UK, must fall below 95g per kilometre, with major fines for those carmakers who miss individual targets designed to meet the goal. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Air pollution could cost more than 160,000 lives this decade, charity warns

Times Online

• ‘Scrap VAT to rev up sales of electric cars’ [subscription]The government should scrap VAT on electric cars to boost sales, ministers have been told.

Birmingham Post

• Midlands manufacturer lands contract that could turbo-boost take-up of electric vehiclesSarginsons Industries is diversifying its business
• Jaguar Land Rover sees ups and downs with latest sales figuresSales figures have been released for December 2019 and the fourth quarter of the year

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Call for Bradford Council to get tougher on motorists who park on pavements BRADFORD Council will be asked to get tougher on Bradford drivers who blatantly park on the district’s pavements.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Why more 20mph zones could be imposed on roads across NewcastleGreen Party campaigner Taymar Pitman urged Newcastle City Council to reduce speed limits on all residential streets, but especially around schools