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Monday, 30 November 2020

The Guardian

• UK carmakers plead for clarity as they stockpile parts and cars for BrexitWTO tariffs could add 10% to car prices if deal is not agreed before 2021Carmakers are bracing for the final Brexit deadline by moving cars and parts both ways across the Channel to make sure they are not hit by tariffs if the UK and EU fail to agree a trade deal.Trade between the UK and EU will be governed by new rules from 1 January, but the imported cars will become 10% more expensive overnight if tariffs are imposed under the World Trade Organization regime. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Shaun Bailey: I will pause rollout of temporary cycle lanes if I become London Mayor [subscription]This idea of preventing drivers from using back streets as rat-runs, to cut pollution, clean up air and keep drivers moving, is not working
• Toyota Mirai: hydrogen fuel cell proves a viable alternative to batteries for our electric cars [subscription]Government appears to be obsessed with battery-powered cars but hydrogen-fuelled EVs are here – they're just waiting for some investment

Times Online

• Campaign lawyers fight Stonehenge tunnel plan [subscription]The government is facing a legal challenge to plans for a two-mile road tunnel near Stonehenge on the grounds that it will devastate the site.

Birmingham Post

• World-first £100m driverless car test centre ready to openIt will allow developers from around the world to put the latest technology through all sorts of real life scenarios

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Air quality 'still a problem' for Bradford despite lockdown measuresTHE strictest Covid-19 lockdown measures did not see air quality improve to the extent that a review of a planned Clean Air Zone would be necessary.

New Civil Engineer

• TfL launches procurement of £10M Hammersmith ferry crossingTransport for London (TfL) has launched the procurement process for the planned ferry service between Hammersmith and Richmond.