So the UK Government is to give up to £5000 to each buyer of an electric car or plug-in hybrid. How kind of them. Or rather how kind of us, who pay the taxes that are being given away like this. It’s great for getting news headlines, but will it have much real effect?
[EDITED VERSION 13 Feb] Renault will stop making the Laguna range when it reaches the end of its lifespan, to concentrate more on fuel-efficient small cars. It’s a complete admission of defeat: in 2006 it announced that it would launch five big cars by the end of 09. Instead it now has no firm long-term [...]
OK, so a lot of car companies are finding themselves in a severely skint state these days. They’re slashing budgets in every department. But if they cut new-car development, where does that leave their future? Several future models have been chopped or delayed.
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