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Company says it will continue to sell cars with V12 internal combustion engines as there is demand from clients Rolls-Royce has abandoned its goal to sell only electric cars by the end of the decade. The luxury car company launched its all-electric Spectre model in 2022 , saying at the time that it would end production of its vehicles with V12 internal combustion engines by the end of 2030. Continue reading...

Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones. Victims’ families blame what they say is the faulty design of a truck Elon Musk calls ‘apocalypse-proof’ When sheriff deputies arrived at the scene of a late-night crash off a desolate Texas road in August 2024, they could see a giant pyre through heavy smoke. According to police reports detailing the events of that night, the officers tried to approach the vehicle, but the fire burned too intensely. They saw it was a Tesla Cybertruck and couldn’t see anyone inside. So they combed the surrounding area for the driver. Continue reading...

Carmaker reduces office-based roles and will not fill vacancies ‘to ensure long-term competitiveness of business’ Bentley is to cut 275 jobs in the UK as the carmaker faces a “challenging global market environment”. The luxury brand, owned by Germany’s Volkswagen, is preparing to launch its first all-electric model but acknowledged it had some work to do to convince consumers to switch away from internal combustion engine vehicles. Continue reading...

Huge vehicles are popular with drivers, but their wider impacts on road safety and the environment must be tackled No one who walks, cycles or drives around London, or many of the world’s big cities, could fail to notice the vastly increased size of the typical car. A type of vehicle once associated with rural settings and outdoor lifestyles is now ubiquitous. Heavily marketed as sports utility vehicles (SUVs), supersize cars are among the key consumer trends of recent decades. In 2022, they accounted for 46% of global new car sales . For manufacturers, these vehicles are big earners due to higher profit margins . For those inside them, they offer more space and a higher vantage point. But for those on the outside, SUVs have obvious downsides. The threat that they pose to pedestrians is one. Research shows that children are 77% more likely to die if struck by an SUV compared with other cars, due to their size and structure – particularly their raised bonnets. This ...

Carmaker’s decision to drop NissanConnect EV app on relatively recent cars fuels warnings from experts Owners of some Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are angry after the carmaker announced it would shut down an app that lets them remotely control battery charging and other functions. Drivers of Leaf cars made before May 2019 and the e-NV200 van (produced until 2022) have been told that the NissanConnect EV app linked to their vehicles will “cease operation” from 30 March. This means they will lose remote services, including turning on the heating, and some map features. Continue reading...

Clothes-buying tip | Laundry lesson | EV charging | Paper pals | Pushing the envelope One thing my mother taught me ( My mother’s best advice: learn to raise one eyebrow at the world, 11 March ) is that barley wine is much stronger than you think. The other thing she taught never leaves me: I will not buy clothes without crunching up the fabric to see if it creases. Should you browse a rack and wonder why a garment has a small crumpled area, you will know that I have been there before you. Anne Cowper Swansea • My mum told me “Don’t cut your toenails on a Friday”, “don’t wash your hair when you’re having your period” and “you don’t need as much washing powder as it says on the box”. I’d recommend that last one to all readers. Ruth Guthrie Cockermouth, Cumbria Continue reading...