Mercedes-Benz has revealed the SUV version of its top-line electric car the EQS. The car is expected to reach showrooms before the end of the year, with a price tag of around £100,000. Based on the same platform, but with a taller body and…

Uber is accelerating the roll-out of the Local Cab service by announcing new partnerships in West Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Passengers can now book trips with local operators in Nottingham and Bradford (pictured), as well as a number of other towns as six more…

Magenta Technology has integrated its Echo dispatch system with what3words, bringing precise location services to its users. The partnership means Echo customers can use a what3words address for their pick-up and drop-off destinations instead of long and often inaccurate traditional street addresses. Magenta users…

Gridserve has completed upgrading the old Ecotricity Electric Highway motorway charging network, just 10 months after buying the business. Since June 2021, Gridserve has replaced more than 300 medium-power Electric Highway chargers, some dating back to 2007, at more than 130 motorway service areas…

New emissions standards and CCTV rules are coming into force in the next few months. All new taxis and private hire vehicles in the East Riding of Yorkshire will have to meet Euro 6 emission standards from July 2022. But the council has sensibly…

Sadiq Khan’s plans to extend the ULEZ zone across Greater London is facing a backlash from local MPs, who have branded the idea a money-making scheme. Gareth Bacon (left), Conservative MP for Orpington described the proposal as “madness” and warned it would be fiercely…

Uber’s nationwide platform push continues, with the launch of its Local Cab service in Birmingham. Four West Midlands operators have signed up: Ace Cars of Birmingham, XL Cars of West Bromwich, ABC Cars of Wolverhampton and 47 Cars of Willenhall. Their cars will be…

Fuel price campaign group FairFuelUK is calling on the government to force petrol retailers to pass on the 5p per litre fuel duty cut announced in last week’s Spring Statement. Howard Cox, founder of the FairFuelUK Campaign said: “The perennial pump pricing rip-off scandal…

Sheffield is boosting the size of grants available for drivers who need to replace older vehicles in order to avoid fines in the new Clean Air Zone. For private hire vehicles, the grant to upgrade to a compliant Euro 4 petrol or Euro 6…

Last-mile travel booking platform Jyrney has announced a partnership with Safety as a Standard to support improved safety across private hire and taxi journeys. The two organisations will collaborate on driver training, supplier audits and technology. The first-of-its-kind partnership will strengthen Jyrney’s core proposition…

The Government has launched a 12-week consultation on the taxi and private hire sector, with a view to providing updated guidance to local authorities that takes into account advances in technology. The consultation runs for 12 weeks from March 28, 2022 until 23.45pm on…

London private hire and ride-hailing drivers will be able to rent one of 100 ULEZ- and C-Charge exempt Teslas that have been funded by the Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund. MEEF is a £500 million investment fund designed to finance low-carbon, sustainable projects…

Uber’s London customers can now request an electric vehicle anywhere in Greater London, as the Uber Green EV service has been expanded from Zone 1 to the whole of the capital. Uber Green allows passengers to request an EV for the same price as…

Uber has announced that six more private hire operators in the Greater Manchester region have signed up to its Local Cab service. The service allows Uber app users to book trips with a local operator. Last month a number of major Manchester fleets, including…

The West Midlands Combined Authority is looking for 10 large sites on which to build electric vehicle charging super-stations, each with up to 100 rapid charge points. WMCA sees these as the electric equivalent of petrol and diesel filling stations, and the sites will…

Uber has been granted a two-and-a-half year private hire licence to operate in London. The ride-hailing firm had been refused a licence by Transport for London in November 2019, citing safety breaches. But in September 2020, a judge upheld Uber’s appeal against the decision…

The UK government has announced it will spend £1.6 billion on expanding the UK electric vehicle charging network to around 300,000 public chargers by 2030, when sales of non-plug in petrol and diesel cars will cease. The total is around five times the number…

BP has announced new plans to invest £1 billion in its BP Pulse electric vehicle charging arm in the UK over the next 10 years. The investment will allow BP Pulse to deliver more rapid and ultra-fast chargers in key locations, expand fleet products…