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Saturday, 27 February 2021

City AM

• Rise in SUVs and car usage hinders net zero targets, spending watchdog saysAn aversion to public transport, made worse due to the pandemic means the UK will have even further to go to reach its net zero emission targets, data from the National Audit Office (NAO) today has shown.

Mail Online

• E-scooters are banned at night during year-long trial in NewcastleNewcastle council said the new fleet of 250 electric vehicles faces a curfew from 11pm to 5am following complaints people were driving them while drunk.

Birmingham Post

• M6 Toll to introduce ANPR tech to speed up paymentCompany running the motorway north of Birmingham has also outlined a raft of new measures aimed at improving the customer experience

The York Press

• Yorkshire EV Centre is first all electric vehicle centre, claimAN East Yorkshire man claims to have opened the first electric only car centre in the whole of Yorkshire.

Other Regional Press

• For Jaguar Land Rover the future’s electric - or so it seemsHydrogen fuel cell technology offers a different path to electrification

Other News Sources

• LETTERS: Concerns increase on senseless smart motorway plans for M3SIR: The more I read about the forthcoming smart motorway on the M3 between junctions 9 and 12, the more concerned I become.