Electric Motoring: Venturing Further Afield
Hybrid vehicles, despite their complexity, are a good half-way house towards the goal of greener motoring - but all-electric vehicles are the full Monty.
Hybrid vehicles, despite their complexity, are a good half-way house towards the goal of greener motoring - but all-electric vehicles are the full Monty.
The UK's greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 8.4 per cent in 2014, thanks in part to the increasing use of renewable energy sources.
Tring's Liberal Democrat County Councillor, Nick Hollinghurst, has now picked up his new Nissan Leaf Acenta. After an hour's discussion with the salesman right at the start, a 30-minute test drive for Nick and Rosemarie, his wife, followed by a 24-hour test hiring (nothing to pay) and a final hour of driving instruction and hints, the purchase of an all-electric vehicle is not something you do without a fair amount of thought.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a consultion to run from 9 November 2020 to 4 January 2021 about the possibility of a limited trial for heavier HGVs to carry containers of 48 tonnes laden along specified routes starting at a railfreight interchange.
Last week Tring Liberal Democrats held a Thank You Party to show their appreciation to all those people who helped in different ways during the recent election campaign and on Election Day itself.
It's not just Aldbury that has a Gardening Club - Wigginton has one too. Mind you, with many people having close links to both villages there's a certain amount of overlap and duplication of participation. Do you live in or near Wigginton? Then why not join in too.