Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Volkswagen and Mitsubishi are still selling new vehicles with defective air bags that will eventually need to be recalled, according to a report by a US lawmaker overseeing the agency handling the largest-ever auto safety recall.
Automakers confirmed they are continuing to sell some vehicles with ammonium-nitrate inflators without a chemical drying agent, and cited engineering and supply challenges to explain why they are still relying on the faulty airbags.
Nissan has switched on a new solar farm at its biggest manufacturing site in Europe, the latest landmark in the company’s journey towards Intelligent Mobility.
Made of up 19,000 photo-voltaic panels, the new 4.75MW facility is now fully operational at Nissan Sunderland Plant, as Nissan strives towards its twin goals of zero emissions and zero fatalities.
Welsh Conservatives have urged Education Secretary Kirsty Williams to keep to her word and not use a costly ministerial car within her new cabinet role.
In February, she told her Party’s conference in Cardiff that the Welsh Lib Dems were “not here for ministerial cars” and Tories have previously revealed how chauffeur-driven cars cost the taxpayer approximately £1.8m between 2011/12 and October 2015. and Ms Williams could save approximately £150,000 in car costs if she stuck to her remark.
To help families move university students back home this summer, Europcar is offering van hire from £14 a day.
Various size vans and driving options can be specified.