One in four driving tests in Great Britain are being taken in automatic cars, according to new data, as drivers opt for more electric vehicles (EVs) and shy away from manual gearboxes. Figures from ...

Sixteen-year-old Jonty Taylor is close to filling his learner's driver log book with the mandatory 100 hours, and is readying himself for his first driving test. But unlike most of his peers, he is ...

Learner drivers in Britain are increasingly turning to automatic vehicles instead of vehicles with manual gears, official data shows. Figures from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) show ...

said the need to know how to drive a manual car is becoming "irrelevant to many". To obtain a full driving licence for Great Britain a driver must pass their test in a car with manual gears. If the ...