Hackney taxi drivers in the south coast town of Eastbourne will be able to take jobs via the FreeNow app from May 3. The move follows a successful launch of the ride-hailing service in nearby Brighton in 2018. The company registered a 25% growth…

Ride-hailing app Bolt has added London black cabs as a dedicated booking option on its London’s iconic black cabs available on its platform. Black cabs have previously been available on FreeNow, following its acquisition of dedicated app Hailo, but Bolt is by far the…

BMW has released images of its electric i5 saloon undergoing final testing in advance of its launch this summer. The car – an all-electric version of the next-generation 5-series range – will compete with the Mercedes-Benz EQE and Genesis G80 as battery-electric executive chauffeur…

Mercedes-Benz has revealed a new and larger E-Class saloon, but the car remains a petrol or diesel model, with plug-in hybrid versions. As with the S-Class, there is no electric E-Class – the EQE is designed to plug that gap. However, Mercedes claims that…

Wrexham Chauffeurs has been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, joining the movement of businesses committed to financial transparency and responsible tax conduct. Fair Tax Mark accreditation recognises businesses that pay the right amount of corporation tax at the right time and in the right…

Aberdeen is the British city where you are least likely to have a road accident, a new study by taxi insurance company Zego has found. Zego analysed ONS data to discover the number of road accidents in each UK city in 2021, both fatal…

Osprey Charging has accelerated its plans to install a major network of electric vehicle rapid charge points, installing as many rapid chargers in the first quarter of 2023 as it did in the whole of 2022. Osprey opened 142 new rapid EV charging stations…

Gridserve has opened two Electric Super Hubs at Moto Washington North and South motorway services on the A1(M) just south of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The hubs each have six 350kW-capable High Power chargers, joining the Griderve Electric Highway network of more than 160 locations. All Gridserve…

The Government’s decision to stop building more so-called smart motorways has been welcomed by safety campaigners, But it does not go far enough, they say, and are calling for hard shoulders to be restored to all UK motorways. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who had…

The High Court has granted permission for a Judicial Review into the proposed expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) into all outer London boroughs from August 2023. Permission has been granted on two grounds: Failure to comply with relevant statutory requirements, and…

Bradford Council is offering taxi and private hire drivers grants of up to £10,000 to switch to cleaner vehicles. The grants, which will be available later this year, are to help with purchase, lease or running costs of electric vehicles. The council says this…

CityFleet Network has strengthened its presence in the north-west by acquiring the company that runs two major private hire fleets in Chester. In a letter to drivers, CityFleet Networks Limited confirmed that it had acquired Vedamain Ltd, which trades as KingKabs and Abbey Taxis,…

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s announcement that Fuel Duty will be frozen for a further 12 months could put the brakes on sales of electric vehicles, according to leading funder Close Brothers Motor Finance. The Budget offers little in the way of incentives for the EV…

Drivers working for London-based We Know Group will be offered the option of ‘worker’ status following a successful legal challenge from the GMB Union. Heathrow-based We Know London operates a multi-faceted online booking service aimed at tourists. In a statement, GMB said a member…

A freeze on fuel duty and more funds for local councils to fix potholes are the major motoring headlines for motorists in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget. But the SMMT, the motor industry’s leading trade body, is unhappy that not enough is being done to…

Free Now has announced a partnership with rival ride-hailing app Gett to give Gett’s UK business customers access to Free Now’s fleet of 20,000 private hire vehicles. Gett business customers can now book and manage journeys on Free Now via the Gett app. The…

Used car marketplace Motorway has announced Top 10 EV-friendly cities in the UK, with London and Nottingham coming out on top. It comes as EV sales continue to rise in the UK. The UK capital has been named as the city leading the charge…

Blacklane has launched an all-electric fleet of Mercedes-Benz EQS saloons in Dubai. The EV rollout aligns with the United Arab Emirates initiative to be Net Zero by 2050. Blacklane’s chauffeur-hailing services in Dubai include one-way trips, return journeys, airport transfers, hourly and daily bookings…