Departing Arrival - 25 October 2022

FOLLOW UP: US CITIZEN PLEADS GUILTY TO CAUSING DEATH OF HARRY DUNNA US citizen who initially claimed diplomatic immunity, Anne Sacoolas, has pled guilty to causing the death of Northamptonshire teenager, Harry Dunn after 3 years. She’ll be sentenced at the end of next month. More detail in this Guardian story.EU PLANS TO DITCH EURO 7The EURO 7 emissions standard is rumoured to be in doubt as it’s now felt that the cost and difficulty in implementing will far outweigh the benefits it’s expected to bring. This is, unsurprisingly, contentious. There’s an Autocar story with more details and an informed Twitter thread from Emissions Analytics on the subject.EXPANDED LONDON ULEZ RAISES OVER £90 MILLION IN 8 MONTHSIn the first 8 months since its expansion last November, London’s expanded ULEZ zone has raised £93.6 million in tolls but excluding late and non-payment fines. More in this Autocar article.STANDARD FOR EV CHARGE POINT ACCESSIBILITY PUBLISHEDThe British Standards Institute, in association with the UK Government and charity Motability, has published its first standard for the accessibility of public EV charging stations. This can’t come too soon. This Zap-Map article has more information.HYUNDAI PAUSING H2 LORRY TRIALS IN SWITZERLANDThe rise in electricity costs across Europe has caused Hyundai to pause its hydrogen truck trials in Switzerland due to a shortage of “green” hydrogen. Here’s the twitter thread containing the original report in German and also a link to the LinkedIn rebuttal/correction from Hyundai.DEPARTING ARRIVALFladgling commercial EV manufacturer, Arrival, is looking to “pivot” back tot the US and “right-size” the company according to Tech Crunch and others. This isn’t looking good. NOISE CAMERAS4 councils across England are looking to crack down on loud cars. Quite what constitutes “loud”, nobody seems able to say. Autocar investigated a little more.BENTLEY OPENS HERITAGE GARAGEBentley has gathered its collection of historic vehicles into a new Heritage Garage at its Crewe factory. The collection will be open to the press, VIPs and customers according to Hagerty.MOTORSPORT NEWSRally SpainRally Spain took place over the weekend. Seb Ogier was victorious and Toyota have taken the World Championship crown. Oh, and Ott Tanak is leaving Hyundai at the end of the season…Ogier Wins Rally SpainOgier is fined for celebrating winning Rally SpainWhat we learned from Rally SpainTanak to quit Hyundai at the end of the 2022 seasonWhat will Tanak do next?BloodhoundCould it have another stay of execution? Autocar article.LUNCHTIME READ: HOW MAZDA DESIGNED THE FOURTH-GENERATION MX-5It’s a monster this week, with a 4 pieces from Mazda about the design and evolution for the ND MX-5.Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4LIST OF THE WEEK: 10 HIGH-TECH CONCEPT CARS FROM THE 1980sHagerty has put together this excellent list of the best high-tech cocept cars from the 1980s. Alan’s decided his firm favourite, what about you?AND FINALLY: THINGS NOT TO SAY TO A TESLA OWNERWe don't often feature The Onion as a source, but this listicle seemed too good to miss. We choose to believe it comes from a position of affection. Or something.