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Why we aren’t buying electric cars

November 11, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Electric vehicles, Need to know

IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR to us that electric vehicles (EVs) simply won’t become widespread unless there are incentives to encourage us to adopt them. These feelings have been confirmed by a recent study by ACA

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EVs? Not only do we not encourage them, now we’re taxing them.

November 11, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Electric vehicles, Need to know

IN A MOVE THAT’S sure to enrage supporters of alternate fuelled vehicles, the South Australian government in last night’s budget introduced a tax on electric vehicles. Elsewhere in the world, governments are looking for ways

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EVs outsell diesel in Europe for the first time

October 30, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Electric vehicles, Need to know

THE YEAR 2020 HAS BEEN A TURBULENT one for the car market globally, and particularly in Europe. Although car registrations dropped by 29 percent during the first nine months of the year – to 8.54

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UK moves to ban mobile phone use in cars in any form

October 21, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

IT HAS BEEN ARGUED (with some justification) that even using a mobile phone in hands-free mode is risky. Now the UK government has announced new rules that make using a hand-held phone in any way

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Holden (remember them?) celebrates 70 years of the Ute

October 9, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news, Need to know

IS IT JUST US OR DO OTHERS find it ironic that after killing off the Holden brand, General Motors is celebrating Holden history – the end of the Holden Race Team earlier this week, and

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End of an era. 2020 Bathurst will be the last appearance of Holden Racing Team

October 9, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news, Motor sport, Need to know

FOR MANY OF US, THE Holden Dealer/Racing Team has been part of our lives for as long as we can remember. But that all comes to an end, fittingly at Mt Panorama, on 18 October

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VW announces service packages for vehicles up to 15 years old

October 7, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Buying advice, Need to know

THINGS JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER FOR car buyers with longer warranties and some innovative servicing deals. However, most existing owners miss out because they only apply to new vehicles. Not so with this deal. Volkswagen

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Mitsubishi sets new standard with 10-year/200,000km warranty

October 2, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Buying advice, Need to know

IN AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL send ripples right around the motor industry, Mitsubishi Australia has rewritten the warranty rule book. Effective today, every Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited vehicle will be sold with the new Diamond

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Even good drivers make mistakes

September 29, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver challenges, Need to know

FOR SOME REASON, almost everyone rates themselves as a “better than average” driver. But no matter how good a driver you may think you are, or how long you’ve been driving, there are some common

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Handbrakes making way for electronic park brakes

September 29, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Buying advice, Need to know

IT LOOKS LIKE the traditional handbrake is making way for electronic parking brakes, whether we like it or not. The parking brake, often referred to as the “emergency brake”, used to be operated by a

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