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Saturday, 13 November 2021

BBC News

• How high-speed electric vehicle racing is advancing techFrom rally cars to scooters new electric racing competitions are a test bed for new technology.

Times Online

• Green housing schemes have nowhere to park your car [subscription]The proposal to “disincentivise unsustainable travel” through planning rules is part of a new strategy to help Scotland reach net-zero emissions by 2045. Among the recommendations, likely to become law by July 2022, are moves to improve transit links in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, to reduce congestion and a reliance on cars.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Experts warn E10 fuel could lead to ‘big problems’ for vehicles this winterThere will be “more moistureâ€� which is likely to react with the ethanol heavy E10 compound

Other News Sources

• Electric vehicle sales set to jump 80% in 2021: Report at COP26Glasgow: Passenger electric vehicle sales are set to jump over 80 per cent in 2021 to 5.6 million units, off the back of unprecedented industry and government commitments around the world over the last two years, according to the Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook, a special report published on Wednesday by BloombergNEF (BNEF), at the request of the UK COP26 Presidency and in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies.
• Toyota says large parts of world not ready for zero-emission carsLarge parts of the world are not ready for zero-emission vehicles, which is why Toyota Motor Corp did not sign a pledge this week to phase out fossil-fuel cars by 2040, the world's largest automaker said.