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Monday, 25 March 2024

BBC News

• New road schemes in Wales could be considered againAn M4 relief road and a third Menai crossing were some of the projects that never went ahead.

The Guardian

• Chinese EV battery maker in talks to invest £1bn in new UK gigafactoryPlant on outskirts of Coventry could create up to 6,000 jobs and will be part of planned Centre for Electrification. A Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries is in talks to invest more than £1bn to build a giant new factory on the outskirts of Coventry.EVE Energy, which says it employs 28,000 staff worldwide, is understood to be in talks to construct a 5.7m sq ft gigafactory, which will form one of the main parts of the planned UK Centre for Electrification, an investment zone in the West Midlands.
• Are electric cars too heavy for British roads, bridges and car parks?In part eight of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we examine whether they will break our infrastructure. Do electric cars really produce fewer carbon emissions? Are EVs too costly to tempt drivers?Is it right to have range anxiety?Cars have a weight problem. Consider the Mini, designed to save precious fuel during rationing; it has ballooned in size. It is not alone. Cars have got bigger and bigger, with the rise of the SUV only accelerating the trend.Electric cars might look the same (for now) but they have one important difference: a heavy battery.
• At least 14m Easter car journeys could take twice as long as usual, RAC saysBank holiday weekend and start of school holidays take place at same time, with high traffic volumes expected. Drivers are being warned to expect long delays over Easter as millions of getaway trips lead to soaring traffic volumes and congested motorways.

Wales Online

• The road building projects Welsh Government now say they'll consider with Mark Drakeford goneNew transport minister Ken Skates says he is open to new projects previously shelved under the former First Minister