Filters fitted to vehicle exhaust systems to remove particulate matter pollution have limited impact on ultrafine particles, new research shows. Airborne particles from vehicle emissions are a major contributor to air pollution levels. Exhaust filters designed to mitigate this pollution have been a legal requirement in new cars since 2011, and in heavy duty vehicles… Continue reading Vehicle exhaust filters do not remove ‘ultrafine’ pollution: new study
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Diesel should be 150p per litre as wholesale cost falls
Criticism has been thrown at the UK’s top supermarkets, who are selling diesel at an average of 17.5p per litre more than petrol, despite wholesale costs being the same. They’re currently buying up both fuel types at around 114.5ppl yet are selling petrol at an agerage of 146.3ppl and diesel at an average of 164.26ppl. According to the RAC’s Fuel… Continue reading Diesel should be 150p per litre as wholesale cost falls
From the archive: on this day in 1953
Having pulled down an iron curtain over Europe after the war, the USSR became ultra-secretive, regarding even trivial enquiries about its cars from Westerners as industrial espionage. Hence we knew only the little that the few who visited could find. Yet still we were interested, not least because the Soviets claimed to be making great… Continue reading From the archive: on this day in 1953
Autocar magazine 29 March: on sale now
This week in Autocar we reveal details of Alfa Romeo’s electric-only Giulia, get behind the wheel of the facelifted BMW X7 and pit the Ford Ranger Raptor against the Jeep Wrangler. News Alfa Romeo is preparing to become an electric-only brand with an electric SUV to be launched next year and the Giulia range set… Continue reading Autocar magazine 29 March: on sale now
BMW i5: first pictures of electric 5 Series before imminent debut
The new electric BMW i5 is due to be revealed in the coming months, having completed “the ultimate endurance test”. The highly anticipated EV version of the next-generation BMW 5 Series was confirmed for a 2023 launch in January, but only now has Munich released images of the Mercedes-Benz EQE rival undergoing a hardcore testing programme on ice, snow and rough… Continue reading BMW i5: first pictures of electric 5 Series before imminent debut
New 2023 Kia EV9 gets 336-mile range, 5.3sec 0-62mph time
Just a week after the shock unveiling of the new Kia EV5 electric SUV, Kia has confirmed technical specifications of the larger EV9 flagship ahead of its launch later this year. Measuring 5010mm long and with a wheelbase of 3100mm (longer than the US-market Kia Telluride), the EV9 will come as standard in the UK with… Continue reading New 2023 Kia EV9 gets 336-mile range, 5.3sec 0-62mph time
Whitmer touts repeal of right-to-work at UAW bargaining convention
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer got a chance Tuesday to tout the recent repeal of right-to-work legislation and her support for the UAW during the second day of the union’s special bargaining convention in Detroit. After telling the hundreds of delegates gathered at Huntington Place, formerly Cobo Center, that she had signed the bills Friday on… Continue reading Whitmer touts repeal of right-to-work at UAW bargaining convention
Lucid to cut 1,300 workers amid signs of flagging demand for its EVs
Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson poses at the Nasdaq MarketSite as Lucid Motors (Nasdaq: LCID) begins trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange after completing its business combination with Churchill Capital Corp IV in New York City, New York, July 26, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Struggling EV maker Lucid said in a regulatory filing on… Continue reading Lucid to cut 1,300 workers amid signs of flagging demand for its EVs
Ford director Kimberly Casiano on speaking up about diversity in the corporate boardroom
Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images Ford director Kimberly Casiano was the first Hispanic woman to serve on a Fortune 100 top five corporate board. A founding member of the Latino Corporate Directors Association, she also serves on the boards for Mead Johnson Nutrition and Mutual of America. Her firm, Kimberly Casiano & Associates,… Continue reading Ford director Kimberly Casiano on speaking up about diversity in the corporate boardroom
‘It’s a new day in the UAW’: Fain urges unity in the face of ‘only true enemy’
Detroit — Just a little over 24 hours into his presidency, Shawn Fain opened the United Auto Workers’ Special Bargaining Convention by declaring that the union is “ready to get back in the fight.” Fain, a challenger candidate who was sworn in as president Sunday after a lengthy runoff election that ended with him narrowly… Continue reading ‘It’s a new day in the UAW’: Fain urges unity in the face of ‘only true enemy’