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Sunday, 23 May 2021

Times Online

• What my electric car nightmare taught me about net zero [Subscription]It wasn’t just that I found myself crawling along the M4 at 50mph, being tailgated by lorries flashing their headlights, after being naive enough to believe the range in my borrowed Nissan Leaf electric car.
• Electric-car charging wars: the battle for our pavements [Subscription]We’ve tripped at the first hurdle in the petrol-free revolution. Neighbours are falling out and, as more of us go green, tensions are set to rise
• Drivers rack up £14m in fines in new cycle zones [Subscription]Unwitting motorists are accidentally straying into new ‘low-traffic neighbourhoods’ — and facing £130 penalties

Birmingham Mail

• Brits warned over new Europe driving rules - or your car could be seizedInsurance experts explain the new regulations for driving to Europe - and in Europe - and offer top 10 tips for motoring overseas

Bristol Live

• How letting an ambulance pass could land drivers with £1,000 fineDo it wrong and you could be in trouble

Daily Post (North Wales)

• The '300 pothole' pockmarked road where school taxi 'refuses' to pick up pupil Sionedd Hughes is pleading with Wrexham Council to repair the 'unnavigable' Circle road at Glyn Train after Ysgol Dinas Bran contracted taxi refused to drive down it
• North Wales taxi boss tried to go green but bid ended in failure - this is whySteve Derby spent close to £50,000 on two MG5 electric cars for his taxi firm Busy Bee in Rhyl

London Evening Standard

• Duke of Cambridge takes to the track in pioneering electric race carWilliam drove a car with a 'Prince William' decal and a British flag.

Other Regional Press

• 20 dangerous items all drivers should clean out of their cars immediately Drivers are being warned of 20 items that could pose a serious risk when driving
• Revamp set for A34 thanks to new multi-million-pound contract REPAIRS are set to be made to an Oxford road thanks to a multi-million-pound highways contract.
• Transport in the spotlight in cabinet reshuffleA forced cabinet reshuffle at KCC in light of the recent elections has seen a change at the top for roads and transport.
• A338 Salisbury Road closure will lead to 44-mile diversion MOTORISTS are facing a diversion of more than an hour next week as a main road near Ringwood is closed off.