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All New Tesla Model 3
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The all new Tesla Model 3 has been widely anticipated and looks as though it will hit UK shores from January 2024.

The new Tesla focuses on new aerodynamics, improved range and refined interior, coupled with a quieter ride

With key headline features including:

  • 15 minute Recharge ability up to 175 miles
  • 390 Miles Range (WLTP)
  • AWD Dual Motor
  • Updated exterior styling for aerodynamics
  • Two new colours – Stealth Grey and Ultra Red
  • Upgraded wheels
  • All new wraparound styling with ambient lighting
  • Premium Materials
  • Improved sound system and acoustic glass
  • Rear Display
  • Ventilated seats
  • Wireless charging for two phones
  • Remote Access
  • Various new driving modes

There are two variants available from the start

Rear Wheel Drive – from £39,990

  • Standard Battery Range – 318 miles (WLTP)
  • Acceleration 0-60mph 5.8s
  • Cargo – 682 Litres
  • 18″ or 19″ Alloys
  • 5 seats
  • 15.4″ Center screen and 8″ Rear screen
  • Supercharging max 170kW

Long Range Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive – from £49,990

  • Long Range – 390 miles (WLTP)
  • Acceleration 0-60mph 4.2s
  • Cargo – 682 Litres
  • 18″ or 19″ Alloys
  • 5 seats
  • 15.4″ Center screen and 8″ Rear screen
  • Supercharging max 250kW

Two new colours have been added and replaced Red Multi-Coat and Midnight Silver (Grey). Ultra Red and Stealth Grey – They are available on both the rear wheel drive option and the long range variants both are a £2000 extra option.

Two wheel options are 18″ Photon Wheels included and optional 19″ Nova Wheels at £1500. Below examples are a RWD in Ultra Red with the standard 18″ alloys and also a Long Range in Stealth Grey with 19″ Alloys

The new interior features customised ambient lighting and a wraparound feel. A quieter cabin is achieved from the 360-degree acoustic glass that also protects you from harmful UV rays.

For further information on availability and quotes on the Model 3 Saloon or any other electric vehicles

contact us today on 01753 851561 or [email protected]

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Autonomous Vehicles: Is the self-driving car around the corner?
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Having a beautiful Tesla Model S at our Windsor showroom has captured the imaginations of our customers, web visitors, attendees at this month’s Thames Valley Expo, and not least: all here at WVL! Excitement was palpable at the new technology in the vehicle, and having this glimpse of the future inspired us to research the topic of Autonomous Vehicles and see what the future holds for drivers… how safe will autonomous vehicles be, is the technology really there yet, or are we trying to run before we can walk?

“Every car in production will now have the capability for full autonomy by 2018”

Tesla

What is an Autonomous Vehicle?

Used widely these days to describe ‘driverless’ or ‘self-driving’ cars, technically, the term means a vehicle able to sense its environment and navigate without human input – now a coveted goal in the motor industry.

We’re all familiar with the early stages of autonomy: cruise control has been around for some time, and now with lane departure warning and auto parking there’s a stepwise transfer of control to onboard computers. Each new development chalks up a point of difference for manufacturers trying to sell vehicles in a hugely competitive marketplace.

Manufacturers, regulators and insurers all recognise the importance of defining the degrees of autonomy, which are based on the degree of driver attentiveness rather than vehicle capability. Put simply: feet off, hands off, eyes off, brain off. They are more formally defined by SAE International, a US automotive standardisation body, definitions now adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and which range from complete driver control to full autonomy as follows:

Level 0 Automated system has no vehicle control, but may issue warnings
Level 1 Function-specific autonomy – Driver must be ready to take control at any time. Automated system may include features such as Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), Parking Assistance with automated steering, and Lane Keeping Assistance (LKA) Type II
Level 3 Limited self-driving autonomy – Within known, limited environments (such as freeways), the driver can safely turn their attention away from driving tasks, but must still be prepared to take control when needed. e.g. Audi’s piloted driving concept in the A7
Level 4 Fully self-driving autonomy – As level 3, but no driver attention is required. Outside the limited environment the vehicle must be able to enter a safe fallback mode – i.e. park the car – if the driver does not retake control. e.g. Google car, Volvo ‘Drive Me’
Level 5 Fully autonomous in every driving scenario – Other than setting the destination and starting the system, no human intervention is required. The automatic system can drive to any location where it is legal to drive and make its own decisions

Read on to see how these systems are being implemented, the journey to this point, and how the road ahead looks.

Safety First

Tesla claim they could have a fully autonomous vehicle on the road by 2018, and Volvo has announced its Drive Me London programme for next year, but neither of these vanguards have had an unblemished journey so far.

In April of this year, an Uber driverless Volvo carrying two engineers was hit by a vehicle which failed to give way at an intersection in Arizona. Thankfully nobody was hurt, but Uber suspended its driverless fleets in Arizona, California and Florida until the investigation was complete – the Volvo was shown not to have malfunctioned. Confidence is still strong in this partnership, with Volvo announcing a $300m (£226m) investment with Uber.

In May 2016 the driver of a Tesla Model S with ‘Autopilot’ engaged sadly became the first fatality in a self-driving car when its sensors were unable to discern the bright side of an 18-wheel truck & trailer crossing the highway in front of it. The Tesla’s windscreen impacted with the bottom of the trailer and the driver was killed.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigators found that the driver had been watching a movie at the time, with seven seconds to take action, and that Tesla were not to blame. Their investigation also showed that crash rates for Tesla vehicles dropped by 40% after its Autosteer technology was installed. Tesla also pointed out that this was one fatality in 130 million customer miles driven, compared with one fatality in every 94 million miles driven among all US vehicles.

Google’s vehicles have clocked-up over 2m autonomous miles… but they haven’t gone unscathed with around two dozen recorded accidents. Nevertheless, just one – a collision with a bus – was found to be the fault of the self-driving car. Google recently gave data that 1.2 million people die in car accidents each year… with 94% resulting from human error.

The argument for lowering those statistics is strong: McKinsey & Company estimated that widespread use of autonomous vehicles could “eliminate 90% of all auto accidents in the United States, prevent up to US$190 billion in damages and health-costs annually and save thousands of lives.”

Software Giants

Whilst it’s logical for the major manufacturers to add their automation step-by-step, leaders in the software & technology field, Google and Apple, are going all-out for full automation.

Pioneers in driverless vehicles, Google’s self-driving programme began back in 2009 using Toyota’s Prius, and they’ve recently consolidated their work under the new spin-off brand ‘Waymo’. For 2017, and now in partnership with Fiat Chrysler, they’re introducing Chrysler’s Pacifica Minivan to their fleet, equipped with the Waymo hardware/software suite for full autonomy.

Much rumour and speculation has surrounded Apple and whether it will be designing its own autonomous vehicle. An announcement by their director of product integrity (formerly a Ford Motor executive) last December gave little insight, but their project ‘Titan’ now appears to be a software platform for autonomous driving, like Waymo, to be licenced to manufacturers.

Ford has invested $1bn in artificial intelligence company Argo AI to produce the software for its next generation of self-driving cars – indeed, they claim they’ll be mass producing cars without a steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedals in just four years.

Clearly no manufacturer wants to be left behind, and indeed all these additional brands have projects underway, too: BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar Landrover, Kia, Mazda, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, PSA (Peugeot-Citroen-DS), Renault-Nissan, Subaru, Toyota and VW group.

Safety in numbers

Autonomous driving is in some respects a misnomer – these vehicles won’t be completely independent as data will pass from vehicle to vehicle forewarning about upcoming hazards and providing information about each other’s status and position on the road.

With upgraded road infrastructure, where traffic signals and status are also communicated to vehicles in advance, the roads will surely be a safer place. Knock-ons will include shortened journey times as faster speeds will be safer, increasing traffic flow since vehicles will be able to drive safely closer together, and easing congestion as a result.

The full benefits of such a system won’t be realised immediately though: The Department for Transport (DfT) predict at the point 1 in 4 cars are driverless, it will cause delays to traffic flow and only once they’ve reached 50-75% of cars will congestion reduce – but potentially by as much as 40%.

“There’s a prize to be had in terms of swifter, safer journeys, but the transition to that world will be challenging.”

Steve Gooding, director of motoring research charity the RAC Foundation

Data Protection

All this, however, requires the sharing of data and the collaboration of  vehicle manufacturers and software giants to talk a common language. Not just on successes and failures during research and development between themselves and regulators, but also on the road, between vehicles and the road infrastructure. It’s this real-time data flow which is an area of significant concern in terms of data security.

The threat of hacking is very real: in 2015 a Jeep Cherokee was paralysed on the highway by a remote hacker gaining access via the vehicle’s internet connection. Chrysler recalled 1.4 million cars as a result and as more vehicle systems become online the potential for causing harm becomes more significant.

USB ports, for example, are easy points for gaining access, and driverless cars used as taxis would mean every passenger could be considered a threat. To date, only Tesla has talked of implementing trusted code signed with cryptographic keys to prevent such overrides. Consider a ransomware attack on Uber, with passengers locked in cars until a ransom was paid for their release. Or terrorist-controlled unmanned vehicles carrying explosives.

One of the original hackers Charlie Miller, formerly of the NSA, then security researcher at Uber, is now at a Chinese competitor, Didi – a move he made due to being able to speak more freely about the real threat of car hacking and the security problems it poses:

“Autonomous vehicles are at the apex of all the terrible things that can go wrong… Cars are already insecure, and you’re adding a bunch of sensors and computers that are controlling them… If a bad guy gets control of that, it’s going to be even worse.”

Charlie Miller, formerly at Uber, now at Didi.

Insurance Assurance

Insurance companies will also need to see vehicle driving data to help determine liability in the event of an accident. They’re proposing access to data covering 30 seconds prior, to 15 seconds after any incident, including vehicle location, driver mode, whether the motorist was in the driver’s seat and had a seatbelt on.

Understandably, drivers will need reassurance that they won’t be blamed in the event of a vehicle malfunction. Major insurers including AXA and Direct Line are collaborating on a new framework for the next generation of motoring, with an option being to extend to cover product liability i.e. if an autopilot fault causes an accident. Volvo however are the first manufacturer to announce they will accept the liability if one of its autonomous cars crashes when driving itself.

A report by consulting firm KPMG predicts the number of car accidents to go down 80% by 2040, the increasing degrees of automation changing the ‘risk profile’ of the car.

“The car becomes safer and safer as it moves towards fully-autonomous driving.”

Jerry Albright, KPMG

Long term, there may be little or no need for motor insurance due to the safety improvements made possible, but the interim could be a time of much confusion, insurance-wise.

To pave the way, recent discussions between the DfT and the BVRLA have confirmed that they’ll use public sector fleets as a test bed for setting out policy for insurance claims. Clear definitions are required to determine whether the driver, the insurer or the manufacturer are liable; whether the vehicle was under manual or autonomous control, and even whether necessary software updates have been applied or modifications made. Transport Minister Chris Grayling has set this for debate later this year in The Modern Transport Bill.

“To properly pave the way for these technologies, we must create an environment where developers can “bring their products to market in a safe way that protects consumers.”

Chris Grayling

We should expect to see changes to The Highway Code, Driving Test and licencing in order to keep pace with the changing road environment. Revisions have already been announced for this coming December to account for satnavs and auto parking.

UK Driving Force

The UK Government has established the University of Cambridge Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) with the DfT to help ensure that the UK remains a world leader in developing and testing connected and autonomous vehicles.

They are also providing funding for an autonomous car cyber security group with suggestions of star ratings for security levels, similar to EuroNCAP’s crash safety ratings.

Driverless car projects are already planned or in progress in a number of UK cities:

Greenwich
The £8m+ Project GATEway will involve 10mph 4-seater driverless shuttle buses around pedestrian public areas using a self-learning system called ‘Selenium’ by UK startup Oxbotica. This system can be added, along with the required cameras and sensors, to a standard vehicle.

“Driverless cars will make our roads safer and help an ageing population remain independent.”

Paul Newman, professor at Oxford University and co-founder of Oxbotica

Milton Keynes
Oxbotica’s technology was also at work as of October 2016 in 2-seater pod cars in a 1km loop around Milton Keynes’ railway station.

Manchester
Autonomous cars will be reaching speeds of up to 70mph on the roads of Greater Manchester next year as part of a three year research study on roads between Stockport Railway Station and Manchester Airport. There will be a standby driver in each of the three vehicles to take control if required.

London
Following a pilot programme in Sweden this year, Volvo will begin real-world autonomous vehicle testing in the UK next year under a programme called Drive Me London. The first trials will involve semi-autonomous XC90s, but by 2018 they will be replaced by 100 fully autonomous cars with selected families trying their ‘Unsupervised Driving’ mode on city streets.

‘Transport as a Service’

Clean energy thought-leader, Tony Seba, anticipates that by 2021, autonomous electric vehicles operating under a ‘Transport as a Service’ model (essentially Uber, without a driver) will be 4-10 times cheaper per mile than buying a similar model, and 2-4 times cheaper than running an existing owned vehicle. And considering that cars aren’t used 96% of the time, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, will we still be choosing to have our own private vehicle – especially when initial purchase costs are likely to be high?

“In peak time, 30 per cent of city driving is people looking for parking. That goes away if you have cars that drive themselves and drop you off and go find another passenger.”

Sergey Brin, Google

The Road Ahead

The near future could be a confusing time for motorists: whilst we approach full automation, the car will take some of the strain of driving, whilst the motorist’s hands will be hovering over the wheel, and eyes still on the road. How appealing this technology will be to motorists, and whether they’re prepared to pay for it, remains to be seen.

The roadmap ahead as blogged by AutoExpress looks like the following:

2016 Assisted Driving – e.g. AEB and lane departure technology
2018 ‘Hands-off’ self-driving – for motorways, with the driver expected to remain responsible and take control if required, though able to remove hands from the steering wheels for 3 minutes at a time
2021 Automated Driving – with the next decade will come full autonomy in defined sections of motorway where the car can take full control
2025 Fully autonomous cars – it’s predicted that in ten years our cars will be able to drive us door to door without us needing to touch the wheel, with onboard technology to communicate with other vehicles as well as the road infrastructure. There may even be vehicles with no driver controls

“In 2019 you will be able to buy a car with an autopilot system where you can take your hands off the wheel for up to three minutes. But that will only work on a motorway.”

Matthew Avery, Thatcham

For this technology to develop a system able to interpret its surrounding filled with obstructions, hazards and other vehicles as quickly as a human brain, not to mention clearer road markings and weather-proofing to the sensors.

Come the Revolution

It’s perhaps no surprise that with its Silicon Valley and warm dry weather, California is paving the way in the development race. Momentously, as of 13th April 2017, Google, Apple (using modified Lexus Hybrids) and Tesla along with 27 other brands including Ford, GM, VW and BMW have been granted permission by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to allow them to test their technology on the roads. This is a landmark ruling.

“It’s a race towards a brave new world, it’ll be life changing.”

Jayne Waydo, head of systems engineering at Waymo (Google)

“The technology itself will perform a lot better than we perform now as humans… We needed to provide a clear path to completely driverless vehicles, because of the safety benefits.”

Bernard Soriano, deputy director of the Department of Motor Vehicles

 


Crucially, manufacturers are required to ‘self certify’ that their vehicles are safe to operate without a human driver. How they actually prove this hasn’t yet been determined and is considered “a very big leap” by Ryan Call, law professor at University of Washington.

The recent California ruling is a big step towards autonomy. Beverly Hill has already approved plans for a driverless car programme to replace the public transport system there, and in accord it’s likely that public transport systems worldwide will see driverless vehicles made mainstream before private vehicles. This has the double positive of making public transport cheaper, and potentially reducing the number of cars on the road too.

Pros and Cons

The benefits are clear to see. In 2015 a blind man ‘drove’ unaccompanied on a public road in Austin, Texas, for the first time thanks to a Google car, and a study by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) found that six out ten people with limited mobility will benefit from an autonomous car. Of those who agreed their lives would be improved, almost half said they would be able to pursue hobbies outside their home or go out to places like restaurants more often. A further 39% said they would have better access to healthcare as a result of an autonomous car.

Further benefits include:

  • A significant reduction in traffic collision, the resultant injuries, and motor insurance costs
  • major increases to traffic flow, higher speed limits, smoother rides
  • automated mass transit would reduce the need for vehicle – and thus roads and parking spaces – in cities
  • enhanced mobility for children, the elderly, disabled people, and the poor
  • relieving travellers of the chores of driving and navigation
  • reduced fuel consumption and emissions
  • reduced car theft due to the vehicles’ self-awareness
  • more comfortable cabins, with the removal of steering wheel and controls
  • plus being able to pick up passengers or go for maintenance without a driver present.

Potential downsides include:

  • Software reliability
  • breaches of vehicle software security, plus the security of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications networks, with potential for terrorism.
  • susceptibility of sensing equipment to adverse weather or deliberate interference
  • digital mapping will need resolution upgrading in many areas
  • current road infrastructure will need changes for systems to work optimally
  • drivers risk becoming ‘complacent’ – the conclusion reached by a House Of Commons report showed drivers in autonomous cars react on average 6x slower when having to intervene in emergency braking situations compared to driving manually
  • the loss of driving-related jobs across a wide range of industries, from haulage to insurance. That said, new industries will emerge around providing ‘Transport as a Service’, or TaaS, creating new employment opportunities, and success in the field here in the UK could create 320,000 jobs.

Eyes Forward

Progress is happening fast: autonomous trucks are already working hard in ports, mines and terminals for short repetitive trips, and with governments already onboard with city-based vehicle trials and significant investment. Latest opinion, however, may suggest we’re trying to run before we can walk.

AutoExpress have just reported back from a conference on the subject just last week, organised by the Financial Times. The leader of Nissan’s research centre in Silicon Valley, Maarten Sierhuis, who once wrote software for NASA, is a strong proponent for still having the human element.

Their Leaf prototype uses their Seamless Autonomous Mobility system and should it encounter an unknown obstacle, Sierrhuis’ vision entails it beaming images back to base for a human to examine and advise on a course of action which can be sent to other vehicles in the area. Despite them having autonomous prototypes in testing since 2015, and promising a fully autonomous car in its line-up by 2020, Sierhuis’ salient message was “It’ll be impossible to have autonomous vehicles driving around without them ever needing help.”

Around the Corner?

Waymo Autonomous CarWill this futuristic vision become reality? According to Tesla, it’s just around the corner, recently claiming we’re just two years away from sleeping in the car.

Advancing technology is not only big business, it’s unavoidable, so change will certainly come… particularly when its benefits are so far reaching in terms of safety, and mobility for those who currently struggle. But will the coming revolution see us still as a 1+ car-per-family society, or will the savings of switching to a TaaS, super-Uber system to pick us up and drop us off cause an even greater shift than anticipated?

The motoring world is moving forward into new territory, a journey which will bring much change to the industry, to our lifestyles, and no doubt to the way we view, use and rely on our motor vehicles.  Whether or not you’re comfortable with handing control to a computer, ultimately, with greater levels of safety being a key driver behind this change, our roads are set to be a far safer place, and we can all agree that’s a destination worth reaching.
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Tread with Care: proposed change to minimum tyre tread depth
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Calls by the tyre industry for increasing the minimum tread depth to 3mm, or even 4mm, have been met with strong resistance – surprisingly, by Michelin. They argue that their tyres are made to guarantee effectiveness right down to 1.6mm, and that premature replacement is a waste of money, harmful to the environment and potentially reduces its overall safety performance.

Keeping track

The legal limit remains at 1.6mm across the central 75% of the tyre (a threshold set by motoring experts some 25 years ago), with a recommendation by RoSPA in 2005 to replace tyres at 3mm due to their diminished performance particularly in wet conditions – as the depth decreases stopping distance in wet weather will increase.

Recent research reported by tyre retailer KwikFit has shown that 73% of our blue light services (police, fire & ambulance) change their vehicles’ tyres at a tread depth between 2.6 to 3mm, some 10% in fact change them as early as 3.1 to 4mm. This is of course encouraging, understanding how greater tread depth can reduce stopping distances in wet conditions – and KwikFit’s view was that motorists should follow their example.

Michelin however, are challenging this move with their own new research: they are in favour of not replacing tyres at 3mm, but rather waiting until they are close to the 1.6mm limit. Their study has shown no link between tread depths of 1.6mm and accident rate, and perhaps surprisingly that a premium tyre worn to this limit can perform as well as a brand new lower-performing tyre. Changing a tyre early therefore doesn’t guarantee safety and they are advising against premature replacement.

All new tyres are not equal, nor do they wear or perform in service at the same levels. Differences in casing design, tread pattern, materials and rubber compounds all affect wear and performance. Lower quality tyres which may perform well and meet standards when new, in tests, can slide 30% in performance when tread reduces to below 3 or 4mm. Higher quality tyres can perform well through to the legal limit.

They are promoting wider testing of tyres as a guide to in-life performance, rather than going by a blanket rule which may waste tyres with many more safe miles left in them.

The cost of change

Michelin commissioned Ernst & Young to investigate consumer costs and they determined that replacement at 3mm would cost EU drivers almost an extra €7bn in purchase costs and fuel consumption. It would also require an extra 128 million tyres in Europe per year, with 9m tonnes of additional CO2 released.

Furthermore, new tyres with greater tread depth are less fuel efficient than those with lower depth: ‘rolling resistance’ reduces with depth, so fuel economy will improve with wear.

They also found that a worn tyre is capable of stopping more quickly than a new tyre in dry conditions – in fact becoming safer with wear.

All Weather

Critically, when we think of tyre safety, we think of driving – and stopping – in wet weather. Michelin’s tests showed that some worn tyres can perform as well as new tyres in wet conditions.

The original MIRA (Motoring Industry Research Association) data from 2003 showed that wet stopping distances start to increase dramatically at tread depths of below 3mm. At the legal minimum tread depth of 1.6mm, the wet stopping distance increased by 36.8% on asphalt vs 44.6% on concrete. Tyres with a 3mm tread had a 25 per cent better stopping performance than those at 1.6mm in the wet.

stopping distance vs tread depth

Michelin’s stand is one of balancing the tyre’s performance in all conditions, not just the wet, and their data clearly supports extended wear beyond the 3mm limit can be beneficial in terms of cost, fuel consumption, and safety on dry roads. That said, given the levels of rainfall we can see here in the UK, and how wet conditions are better handled with more tread depth, whether this view will stand its ground remains to be seen.

“I just can’t agree with Michelin’s stance. I’ve conducted exhaustive tests, measuring cars’ braking distances in the wet on tyres with 8, 3, and 1.6mm tread depths. The 1.6mm tyres took much longer to stop… Admittedly I wasn’t using Michelin tyres – but they were from a premium rival.”

Kim Adams, Auto Express products editor

Losing Grip

Only 1 in 8 drivers check their tyre tread depths regularly according to a KwikFit survey, showing that the majority of points issued in 2015 were to drivers with tread levels below 1.6mm. Road safety charity TyreSafe’s research found that one third of all UK tyres were illegal – either below 1.6mm tread or with other defects. Bristol’s tyres fared worse with over 46% found to be illegal, with Greater London faring best at 13.8%.

“Well maintained tyres significantly reduce the risk of being involved in an accident.”

Stuart Jackson, TyreSafe chairman

N.B. This video is dated 2011, prior to Michelin’s recent study.

Round-up

Until new guidelines are published, the 1.6mm minimum, and 3mm advisory limit will remain. The key point is to check your tyres regularly; not only is it one of the top three MOT fail items, risking 3 points and fine up to £10,000 is surely an incentive to keep a watch. The AA recommends checking more frequently when tread depth reaches 3mm, and consider replacing the tyre when it approaches 2mm. Always allow extra room for braking in wet conditions, and don’t forget to check your pressures too. Most importantly, maintaining your tyres could prevent you losing grip on the road surface or suffering a blowout – the consequences of either being potentially catastrophic.

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How Will the 2030 Petrol Ban Affect Classic Cars?
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We find many of the people who come to us looking for a business car are themselves, car enthusiasts. Plenty have a penchant for classic cars, and some have even asked us what will happen to classic cars after 2030 when manufacture of pure combustion engine vehicles comes to an end. (Something we’ll henceforth be calling “the petrol ban”).

If you have a classic car as a retro weekend run-around, you’ll be encouraged to know there won’t be a petrol ban on using classic cars – or indeed, any other petrol or diesel vehicle – for a long, long time to come.

That means anyone running a classic petrol or diesel vehicle will not be mandated to alter the vehicle to bring it in line with green emissions standards. Petrol stations will still be around, and existing petrol and diesel vehicles will still be catered for by fossil fuels the world over for years – possibly decades – into the future.

However, there are likely to be a number of changes that may impact driving an older petrol or diesel model. All of which might have unexpected or unusual effects on the classic car market.

But before we can go into how the petrol ban will impact classic cars, first we need to establish exactly what we mean by ‘classic car.’

What is considered a classic car?

Close up of analog speedometer on dashboard with classic gauge and steering column

While the casual definition may differ depending on who you talk to, it’s widely expected in the motoring industry that the UK government will define a ‘classic car’ as a vehicle that’s over 40 years old.

The good news for those running a vehicle deemed to be a ‘classic’ is that it will likely be regarded as an historic artefact of cultural relevance and should remain usable even as the rules around fossil fuels evolve.

How will the petrol ban impact classic cars vs ICE vehicles?

1. Ultra Low Emission Zones (ULEZ) will expand – but classic cars should be exempt

At the time of writing there is currently one Ultra Low Emissions Zone in the UK, encompassing an area in and around central and Greater London. Vehicles passing through it need to pay a ULEZ charge if they don’t meet some very strict criteria for emissions standards. By and large, that means petrol and diesel vehicles in that zone must pay extra to operate in that area.

After the 2030 petrol pan, it’s widely expected that more ULEZ areas will appear across the country, helping to enforce the government’s mandate to become a net zero society by 2050.

However, if you’re wondering how the 2030 petrol ban will affect classic cars, the good news is that classic vehicles are unlikely to be held to the same emissions standards as more contemporary ICE vehicles. They should therefore be free to operate within ULEZ zones without needing to pay the charge.

2. Expected discounting of ICE vehicles should increase vehicle availability and affordability across the board

Another aspect of how the petrol ban will impact classic cars is in lowering the demand – which, in turn, should also help to lower prices of classic (as well as more contemporary) vehicles.

This could go one of two ways for collectors. Some may bemoan their expensively-assembled collection losing value, and move to sell off as much of it as possible before the petrol ban takes effect. However, that will be great news for other collectors, who should find a wider market of more affordable vehicles awaits them.

3. Classic car EV conversions are unlikely to be compulsory – but may, in time, prove attractive

One big concern is that with petrol and diesel vehicle production ending, all vehicles will, in time, move away from fossil fuels and that classic car owners will need to effectively convert their old car to an EV in order to stay usable.

While this could in theory happen sometime around or after 2050, the good news is it’s unlikely to happen any time soon – at least by law.

Retro car parked in old European city street

In all likelihood, what will happen to classic cars after 2030 instead is that they will become increasingly expensive to run as petrol and diesel usage dwindles and prices for combustion fuels skyrocket. That will make running a classic car even more of a luxury than it already is. In those circumstances, it could lead classic car owners to go the conversion route, in order to keep their classic vehicle on the road.

Classic car owners may not be forced into going the electric route with their beloved vintage motors, then, but it’s something that they might decide to do down the line as the world transitions to an overall greener way of getting around.

Looking for a practical daily business car to run alongside your classic?

Here at WVL we have decades of combined experience in business vehicle leasing, and are proud to offer a more personal, common-sense approach that you won’t find at the larger and more corporate leasing companies.

To learn more about leasing with us in this challenging climate for vehicle availability, check out the blogs below or get in touch to find out how we can help you.

 

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How Will the 2030 Petrol Ban Affect Classic Cars?
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We find many of the people who come to us looking for a business car are themselves, car enthusiasts. Plenty have a penchant for classic cars, and some have even asked us what will happen to classic cars after 2030 when manufacture of pure combustion engine vehicles comes to an end. (Something we’ll henceforth be calling “the petrol ban”).

If you have a classic car as a retro weekend run-around, you’ll be encouraged to know there won’t be a petrol ban on using classic cars – or indeed, any other petrol or diesel vehicle – for a long, long time to come.

That means anyone running a classic petrol or diesel vehicle will not be mandated to alter the vehicle to bring it in line with green emissions standards. Petrol stations will still be around, and existing petrol and diesel vehicles will still be catered for by fossil fuels the world over for years – possibly decades – into the future.

However, there are likely to be a number of changes that may impact driving an older petrol or diesel model. All of which might have unexpected or unusual effects on the classic car market.

But before we can go into how the petrol ban will impact classic cars, first we need to establish exactly what we mean by ‘classic car.’

What is considered a classic car?

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While the casual definition may differ depending on who you talk to, it’s widely expected in the motoring industry that the UK government will define a ‘classic car’ as a vehicle that’s over 40 years old.

The good news for those running a vehicle deemed to be a ‘classic’ is that it will likely be regarded as an historic artefact of cultural relevance and should remain usable even as the rules around fossil fuels evolve.

How will the petrol ban impact classic cars vs ICE vehicles?

1. Ultra Low Emission Zones (ULEZ) will expand – but classic cars should be exempt

At the time of writing there is currently one Ultra Low Emissions Zone in the UK, encompassing an area in and around central and Greater London. Vehicles passing through it need to pay a ULEZ charge if they don’t meet some very strict criteria for emissions standards. By and large, that means petrol and diesel vehicles in that zone must pay extra to operate in that area.

After the 2030 petrol pan, it’s widely expected that more ULEZ areas will appear across the country, helping to enforce the government’s mandate to become a net zero society by 2050.

However, if you’re wondering how the 2030 petrol ban will affect classic cars, the good news is that classic vehicles are unlikely to be held to the same emissions standards as more contemporary ICE vehicles. They should therefore be free to operate within ULEZ zones without needing to pay the charge.

2. Expected discounting of ICE vehicles should increase vehicle availability and affordability across the board

Another aspect of how the petrol ban will impact classic cars is in lowering the demand – which, in turn, should also help to lower prices of classic (as well as more contemporary) vehicles.

This could go one of two ways for collectors. Some may bemoan their expensively-assembled collection losing value, and move to sell off as much of it as possible before the petrol ban takes effect. However, that will be great news for other collectors, who should find a wider market of more affordable vehicles awaits them.

3. Classic car EV conversions are unlikely to be compulsory – but may, in time, prove attractive

One big concern is that with petrol and diesel vehicle production ending, all vehicles will, in time, move away from fossil fuels and that classic car owners will need to effectively convert their old car to an EV in order to stay usable.

While this could in theory happen sometime around or after 2050, the good news is it’s unlikely to happen any time soon – at least by law.

Retro car parked in old European city street

In all likelihood, what will happen to classic cars after 2030 instead is that they will become increasingly expensive to run as petrol and diesel usage dwindles and prices for combustion fuels skyrocket. That will make running a classic car even more of a luxury than it already is. In those circumstances, it could lead classic car owners to go the conversion route, in order to keep their classic vehicle on the road.

Classic car owners may not be forced into going the electric route with their beloved vintage motors, then, but it’s something that they might decide to do down the line as the world transitions to an overall greener way of getting around.

Looking for a practical daily business car to run alongside your classic?

Here at WVL we have decades of combined experience in business vehicle leasing, and are proud to offer a more personal, common-sense approach that you won’t find at the larger and more corporate leasing companies.

To learn more about leasing with us in this challenging climate for vehicle availability, check out the blogs below or get in touch to find out how we can help you.

 

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Model 3 Long Range – 70 Plate x 3

Model 3 Long Range – 69 Plate

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OTHER EV’s

Polestar 2 Fastback Long Range Pilot/Plus – 70 plate

VW id3 Tour Pro S – 21 plate

VW id3 Style Pure Performance – 71 plate

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Some of our Specialist Vehicle Conversions
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If you work a trade or offer a special service to the public, you’ll know how important it is to have the right equipment for the job. However, buying and outfitting an entire vehicle yourself can be time-consuming and painstaking work – not to mention expensive! Instead, it’s much easier to have a specialist help with a vehicle conversion.

That might be common knowledge, but did you also know you can actually lease a vehicle and still get it converted to aid your trade?

In this post, we spotlight some of the vehicle conversions offered by our specialist vehicle leasing services.

1. Wheelchair accessible vehicles

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Image credit: WAVL

Over at our specialist wheelchair accessible vehicle leasing website WAVL  we’ve partnered with several of the UK’s leading specialists in vehicle conversions to offer wheelchair accessible minibuses, without the associated costs of up-front purchase and conversion.

We have a number of different options on offer, including the Renault Trafic conversion pictured above. Some of the accessible vehicle features we can offer include lifts (under-floor or inboard), ramps and turny seats, making it easier for passengers to get in and out of the vehicle so you can take them safely and happily to their destination.

Find out more about leasing a WAV here.

2. Cherry pickers

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Image credit: CPL

Used in trades where workers need to reach several meters higher than they could with a simple ladder, cherry pickers can help everyone from firefighters to window cleaners, farmers, roofers and tree surgeons to do what they do with the utmost care and safety.

The vehicle above is a classic example of a specialist fleet vehicle conversion that we offer here at WVL. It’s a converted Renault Master van with a KL26 lift platform that reaches a working height of 11.8 metres, can safely carry up to 120kg, and can reach out from the vehicle by up to 6.5m.

Talk to our specialist vehicle leasing team about leasing a cherry picker.

3. Glazing vans

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If you work in the window trade, you’ll need a vehicle capable of safely transporting sheets of glass for fitting into people’s homes and businesses alike. Our vehicle conversions team are able to lease you a van of your choice fitted out with either a full length external carrying rack, or a more specialised internal glass carrying setup. Either way, you’ll be well set to offer glazing services to your local area – without needing to worry about paying a large up-front fee for both vehicle and the full conversion.

4. Custom van interiors

White van with back doors open displaying interior customisation for tools and hardware

Glazing vans aren’t the only bespoke van interiors we’re able to offer. With a leasing arrangement through our vehicle conversions team, we can provide you with a van to your size and spec required, with professionally fitted internal racking and accessories that are essential to your business.

This can even include accessories that require electrics, such as towbars. Simply specify these up-front, so we can work with the manufacturer to ensure the vehicle’s warranty is not invalidated.

5. Van roof fittings

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Whether roof bars or roof racks, we are also able to provide bespoke vans to your spec, fitted with exactly the connections that make for the safe transport of the items essential for your trade or service.

6. Chiller vans

Bespoke vans don’t get much more specialist than chiller or freezer conversions, and we offer a range as part of our specialist fleet vehicle conversions service, including:

  • Small vans like the Vauxhall Combo and Ford Transit, or the Ford Transit Connect and Citroen Berlingo
  • Medium-size bespoke vans like the Vauxhall Vivaro and the Renault Trafic
  • Larger vans like the Vauxhall Movano, larger Ford Transits and the Mercedes Benz Sprinter.

Whatever size and spec you need, these bespoke cold-storage vans can keep food chilled from -18 to +5 degrees centigrade and include the ability to plug the van into the mains for overnight storage.

Even more specialist vehicle conversions!

Other examples of vehicle conversions we offer include:

Sign writing and vehicle wrapping

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To add an extra professional touch and help raise your brand profile wherever you go. Can be offered on both bespoke car hire and bespoke vans.

Road safety maintenance vehicles

Including chevrons and roof beacons.

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Pick-up canopies

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From basic to lockable, colour coded and windows.

Deadlocks

To keep your prized business vehicle and the property within it extra secure.

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Van steps

To help with getting in and out of high-sided bespoke vans.

Rear bumper protection

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To protect your vehicle and staff against unexpected rear collisions.

Looking for specialist vehicle conversions? We can help

Our specialist vehicle leasing services can save you time and money while getting you exactly the bespoke vans or bespoke car hire arrangements you need to serve your customers.

To learn more, get in touch with our specialist vehicle leasing team today!

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The New VW ID. BUZZ
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The ID. Buzz is the new version of the legendary VW T1. However you shouldn’t fix what is not broken. Right?

Wrong! The  new ID. Buzz  is an adaptation, not a  replacement of the 1950s classic. Although it will have to prove itself  so what is so special about it ?

Start with the impressive figure of 258 miles electric range combined (WLTP) with a charge time of 5% to 80% in approximately 30 minutes.

The electric motor has a maximum output of 150kW which is the equivalent of 204 PS. The battery, having 77kWh net energy content allowing for its range. The maximum charging power for fast charging (DC) is up to 170 kW. Acceleration is 0-62mph in 10.2 seconds and trailer loads of up to 1,000 kg with the optional device.

Just a few highlights that come as standard with the basic model:

ID. Buzz Life

  • LED headlights
  • 19” alloys
  • Heated windscreen and steering wheel
  • “Buzz Box” a removable storage console
  • Ambient lighting with a choice of 10 colours
  • Heated and fully adjustable front seats
  • Rear view camera
  • Minimum 10” screen for navigation and infotainment

ID. Buzz Style

  • LED matrix headlights
  • 20” alloys
  • Dynamic headlight range control and dynamic cornering lights
  • 30 Colour adaptive interior ambient lighting
  • Discover Pro navigation and infotainment
  • Stainless steel pedals

Don’t  just take our word for it, the unique new member to the ID family has won both “Best designed car of 2022” by the  motor awards and “Electric Car Of The Year” at Top Gears Electric Awards

For the best price on your lease

Call us today on: 01753 851 561 or email us [email protected]

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All New Polestar 3 Leasing
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At Windsor Vehicle Leasing we are very excited about the all new Polestar 3, find out more about leasing with WVL by completing below or scroll further to see some Polestar 3 highlights.

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The Latest Full EV from Polestar – The Polestar 3 SUV

KEY FACTS:

  • RANGE UP TO 379 MILES
  • CHARGE IN 30 MINUTES

Charging time measured from 10 to 80% capacity using a DC 250 kW charger. Range targets based on WLTP standard

  • 0-60 IN 4.6 SECONDS
  • UP TO 510 BHP
  • Starting from £79,900

Acceleration and power figures are based on the Long range Dual motor with Performance pack.

The safest car yet?

As Polestar and Volvo share engineering knowledge, the Polestar 3 has been created with over 90 years of safety development.

It seems the aim is not only to protect but prevent.

The new Polestar 3 is packed out with state of the art sensors, cameras and radars.

Advanced cameras and radar sensors inside the Polestar 3 monitor drivers and occupants. There are two infrared eye-tracking cameras in the dashboard, as well as four 60 GHz motion-detecting radars. The radar system is the first of its kind to cover the entire interior of the car,       including the rear luggage area. This means it can detect occupants, for example dogs that are left in the Polestar can then enjoy a controlled climate even on hot days, safely.

The new Polestar 3 is complete with technology that can give you peace of mind, blind spot systems, forward collision avoidance, run off road mitigation, parking sensors and adaptive cruise control/pilot assist.

Should you be unlucky enough to be involved in an incident, the passenger compartment of the Polestar 3 is packed out with 9 airbags and constructed with ultra high strength steel .

The overhead console includes two buttons that can make direct calls in case of a breakdown or an accident. These are events ranging from a flat tyre to a serious incident where the car will call emergency services automatically.

Make it your own

With 2 different specs available

  • Long Range Dual Motor (£79,900)
  • Long Range Dual Motor with Performance Pack (£85,500)

6 different colours to choose from below:

  • Top Line – Magnesium (Inc), Snow (£1,000) & Thunder (£1,000)
  • Bottom Line – Jupiter (£1,000), Midnight (£1,000) & Space (£1,000)

  • You can also choose from 3 different upgrade packs

  • Fully electric tow bar (£1,200)
  • 1.3 Megapixel HD LED Headlights (£1,600)
  • 4 different interiors and 3 different sets of alloy wheels.
  • Along with a number of extra options eg. sunshade (£130) Mudflaps (£200)

If you are considering the New Polestar 3 on a business lease or other business car contact us today

WVL – 01753 851561 or complete below

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Just How Green Are Electric Vehicles?
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With just over two years until the EU’s aggressive targets for fleet emission reduction targets come into play, business fleets of all sizes are in the process of exploring the best options for electrifying their fleet.

But are electric cars really greener? And if so, just how much difference might going green make to your fleet? Here, we answer those questions.

Are electric cars better for the environment?

First off, we’ll look at CO2 output.

Just a visit to Carbon Counter shows at a simple glance just how environmentally friendly electric cars are compared to petrol and diesel vehicles.

To illustrate that point, we’ve pulled out CO2 output for four different kinds of vehicles plotted on the Carbon Counter graph…

  BMW i3s Honda Accord | Hybrid Sport/Touring

 

 Toyota 86 automatic 4Ram 1500 2WD Diesel 3.0L
Fuel Type Full EV Petrol Hybrid Petrol Diesel
Carbon dioxide per mile

(CO2 eq/mile)

 131g 204g 320g 347g

 

The table above shows clearly how much lower the CO2 output of the fully-electric model is versus even the hybrid model, with the petrol model more than double and the diesel alternative being almost three times as polluting.

However, if that were all there was to it, this would be a particularly short post! Outside of fumes there are a number of other factors to consider before you can understand just how environmentally friendly EV cars are…

The source of electric fuel

Green Fuel

The next factor that influences just how green electric vehicles are is the origins of their fuel.

By ‘fuel,’ of course, we mean electricity, so a good place to start there is the National Grid. According to their official website, almost half (43%) of Britain’s current energy is renewable. There’s also the fact that the carbon footprint of our energy sector is decreasing in size faster than anywhere else in the world.

These are both incredibly promising facts, especially for current or prospective EV owners concerned with climate change, as well as for business fleets concerned with lowering their emissions.

That being said, answering the question ‘are electric cars really greener’ doesn’t stop there…

Are electric cars really greener on the manufacturing side?

So far EVs are two-for-two when it comes to being undeniably greener. Things are less clear cut, however, when you look at EV manufacturing.

This can be put down to the environmental costs of mining materials that go into typical EV lithium batteries.

Take lithium itself, for example. Mining it requires extensive amounts of water. In fact, because of this, EV production on the whole is around 50% more water intensive than non-EV vehicle production. However, the lithium for EV batteries found in hot countries like Argentina, Australia, Chile and Bolivia, which have massive water shortages – meaning EV production actually detracts from things like crop irrigation in those areas.

Added to that, there is also predicted to be a shortage of lithium by 2030, meaning EV production could be posed with some significant problems, right around the time petrol cars are being phased out.

Lithium itself isn’t the only issue, either. EV batteries are also full of cobalt, which carries its own mining challenges from both an environmental and ethical perspective. These include:

Mining the world’s main source of cobalt in The Congo can cause the metal substance to mix with river water, potentially damaging the health of people in nearby communities.

Many of the mines sourcing this cobalt are unregulated ones where the workers (typically small children) use hand-based ‘artisanal’ methods – a similarly dangerous and health-hazardous task.

Automotive companies are taking steps to address both of these issues, with artisanal mines in particular being closed down in favour of reputable methods of cobalt mining. However, with supplies of the metal not limitless, it will take more than refined mining methods for EV production to become environmentally sustainable at a larger scale.

The challenges behind EV battery recycling

A cross section of an EV battery

What happens to used EV batteries at the end of their lifecycle?

The last consideration to factor in when gauging Just how environmentally friendly electric cars are is the measures being put in place to recycle and reuse spent batteries.

According to a University of Warwick study referenced in City A.M., there will be more than 339,000 tonnes of lithium batteries at the end of their lifecycle come 2035. When you consider that 2035 is also when hybrid car manufacture will end on UK shores, this will clearly be the time by which a highly efficient method of recycling old lithium batteries en masse needs to have been rolled out.

That will mean much investment being made by automotive companies, along with deep-dive research being performed into the most economical way for governments or private companies to source these materials.

There’s work to be done – but EVs are the future

On the whole, there’s little argument against the idea that electric cars are better for the environment. When it comes to the extent of the improvement, however, the devil will be in the details – and there’s more than a decade for automotive manufacturers to work those out.

In the here and now, business fleets need to know one thing: electric cars really are greener, and can certainly help you lower your fleet emissions to meet EU targets – and help you avoid hefty financial sanctions.

So, if you’re looking to go green in the coming years, get in touch with our team – they’ll help track down the right electric vehicle, whether it’s a single electric car for a member of your team, or a fleet of EVs for a larger electric rollout.

 

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