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Sunday, 04 July 2021

Financial Times

• EU green policy chief sets out plans to drive electric car uptakeProposals include deadline for combustion engine phaseout and pollution charge for automakers, says Frans Timmermans

Times Online

• The PM’s Nissan coup can’t hide how far the car industry still has to travel [Subscription]Sunderland has not revelled in so much attention since the night of the Brexit vote on June 23, 2016. Then, the world tuned in to watch a jubilant crowd crammed into a leisure centre cheer the resounding vote in favour of leaving the EU.
• Philip Jansen and Bernard Looney lead drive for electric vans [Subscription]The bosses of BT and BP have formed a council to help ministers accelerate the shift towards electric vehicles by encouraging companies with big fleets to use green vans.
• Thunderstruck why now’s the time to turn electric [Subscription]When considering your next car, should you go electric? For years, buyers have held back from all-electric vehicles, deterred by concerns about range, comfort or technology.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Motorhomes, campervans and caravans could be seized if owners park up overnightA new Bill passing through Parliament aims to curb public protests - but it could have unintended consequences for staycationers and nomadic communities

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Nissan puts North East at centre of the electric car revolutionThree days on from the announcement of a possible 6,500 jobs around the Nissan plant in Sunderland, we look at what the news means for the region's economy

Cambridge News

• DVLA issues warning to every person with driving licence in the UKWebsites have been targeting drivers to make them pay for services that are provided for free by the DVLA

Other Regional Press

• M3 plans will 'destroy' habitats warn conservationistsA WILDLIFE charity has said it is
• Six month-long works to hit A5 with lane and full carriageway closuresIt will impact journeys from Nuneaton and Atherstone
• Car parking prices set to be cut from AugustNew cut-price car parking is coming into force