Scope Creep - 9 February 2021

FOLLOW UP: TESLA CHIP RECALL EXPANDED TO UK Tesla has expanded the recall they were forced to initiate in the US, to the UK, for Model S and X cars. The issue is with the type of chip used in their touchscreens, which is not able to cope with the demands of automotive use. There is no timescale on when the recall will begin. To read more, click the Car Dealer article here.JANUARY 2021 NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURESIn January there was a drop of nearly 40% in new cars being registered, which is an excellent effort from the industry considering the country is in another lockdown. The Top 10 *Most Registered* list has a few surprises. To read more, click the SMMT article here. For Tristan Young’s breakdown of registrations due to the ‘fuel put in it’, click the Twitter link here. To learn more about Used Car Transactions, from 2020, click the SMMT link here. DIESEL MOT FAILURE RATE ROCKETSFollowing the introduction of the latest MOT rules, in May 2018, the number of diesel vehicles failing the emission element has rises 240%, with petrol up by 37%. To read more, click the Motoring Research article here. HYUNDAI NOT IN TALKS WITH APPLEA renewed rumour about Apple making their own car surfaced again recently, this time with Hyundai being associated with the project. However, this has now been clarified, Apple is not discussing such a project with the Korean giant. To read more, click the Autocar article here. JLR WINS C-TYPE COPYRIGHT CASEJaguar Land Rover has won a copyright case over the shape of the Jaguar C-Type, in Sweden. The court acknowledged that the shape was individual enough to warrant intellectual property rights. To read more, click the Car Deal Magazine article here and don’t do any Jag sketches! CALLS TO LOWER THE DRINK-DRIVE LIMITThe Government is under pressure to lower the drink-drive limits in England and Wales. Fatal accidents from drivers being over the limit account for 13 percent. There are a series of steps and suggestions which can be found within the Motoring Research article by clicking the link here. _____________________________________________If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST——————————————————————————-LUNCHTIME READ: This week, Andrew and Alan give you two bits of homework. Following several weeks of grumpiness from the chaps, over how some who should know better have been reporting on their time with EVs, Autocar has two excellent articles that show both the positive and negative of the current situation (none of that sentence was intended to be seen as a pun, sorry!). For Part One, click the article link to Nick Gibbs’s piece. For Part Two, click here for Jim Holder’s article. LIST OF THE WEEK: TOP GEAR’S BEST EVER PICKUP PICSWhilst we were expecting unadulterated and even wall to wall Tom Ford, within this slideshow, our disappointment was slightly offset by the fabulous pickups in fabulous locations. To spend some time wistfully thinking of where you would go, click the Top Gear link here. AND FINALLY: HOW AUTOCAR MADE A PORSCHE CAYMAN FLYThis has been a much rumoured story, floating around certain parts of the internet, which has now been finally told by a man who was not just there but was in the car at the time. Click here to read how the amazing photo was taken, the horrific damage to the car and if anyone had a job at the end of it, by clicking the link here.