Not satisfied with the threat to outlaw combustion engines in the near future and to replace them with electric powered vehicles, the British Government's latest box-ticking exercise in the name of 'reducing emissions' is to introduce E10 fuel containing 10% ethanol.The Government claim that E10 is a form of “cleaner” petrol, aimed at cutting carbon … Continue reading E10 fuel threat to UK
(but bikes are exempt!) Bath & North East Somerset Council are the latest to propose a city centre 'charging zone' in an effort to reduce pollution. The difference between this west country location and the capital of England however is that Bath & NES acknowledge that, "in Bath, diesel vehicles are the biggest contributors to … Continue reading New Clean Air Charging Zone
In this our year of the 70th anniversary of Vespa, the Guardian newspaper report that the Vespa is under threat in the very city of its inception. Two wheels bad? from the Guardian In the Italian city of Genoa, the mayor has postponed the daytime curb of pre-1999 motorcycles intended to reduce smog after the … Continue reading and so it begins…. Vespa 70th Anniversary
