Fife Council reports improvements in roads maintenance

Councillors at Fife Council’s Environment, Transportation and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee have heard of significant improvements being made in repairing the Kingdom’s roads. The Roads Maintenance Performance Report for 2024/25 shows a 33% increase in pothole repairs compared to 2022/23, with over 12,000 defects fixed across Fife’s 2,500km road network. The council categorises road defects […]

How managed connectivity in connected cars reduces the impact of network outages

Cubic3, providers advanced connectivity solutions for software-defined vehicles across 200+ countries, have published a thought-provoking blog on the subject of connectivity in connected cars. “L”ast weekend a Verizon outage in the US led to thousands of Americans smartphones being offline in major cities like Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago,”says the Cubic3 team. “Those most affected were unable […]

UK drivers are ready to go electric, says report, but infrastructure isn’t keeping up

HERE Technologies and SBD Automotive have released the 2025 HERE–SBD EV Index, revealing that while the UK is among the most optimistic markets for electric vehicle (EV) adoption, there is a widening gap between EV adoption and infrastructure deployment.   EV adoption is very much on the UK Government’s agenda currently as it aims to reduce […]

£1.8m for eight electric buses in Kettering and Corby

North Northants Council is set to approve the allocation of £1.8 million of government funding to introduce eight electric buses on several routes in north Northamptonshire. If a report is approved by the Executive at a meeting on 9 September, says the Northamptonshire Telegraph, new zero-emission buses will operate on Stagecoach services 17,18 and 19 connecting Hanwood […]