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Abandoned cars!
How do we now deal with abandoned cars?
A PROBLEM that is faced by many of us, according to the DGT (Direccion General de Trafico), every year, approximately 50,000 vehicles are abandoned by their owners on roads in Spain and around 6,000 in workshops, warehouses and public car parks.
As well as around another
20,000 ‘forgotten’ vehicles in areas such as shopping centres, neighbourhood communities and the like.
Until recently, those affected, for example, in a private urbanisation where a damaged car is left abandoned for months, had to go to court so the car could be removed.
Now the DGT has published an instruction to manage the destruction and decontamination of abandoned vehicles on public roads. Owners are required to prove the abandonment with photographs and with statements before a notary or with certifications from the property administrator.
Prior to the order to transfer and scrap the abandoned vehicle, the Administration “must require the owner of the vehicle to warn him that, if he does not remove it from where it is parked within a month, it will proceed to the transfer to an authorised vehicle treatment centre,” explained a spokesperson for the DGT.
Electric vehicles - the future?
WITH the new Fisker Ocean achieving an official longest range on a single charge, is there a future for electric cars in Spain?
The Fisker Ocean has achieved the highest range of any electric SUV in an official WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure) test, having achieved 440 miles with its rangetopping Extreme specification. That would take you from London to Glasgow on a single charge.
With this emerging innovative technology and the lack of available charges in Spain could this latest news help Spanish residents decide on whether to finally take the plunge and a purchase an electric car?
The Fisker Ocean is being built in Austria and will go on sale at the end of April for around €40,000. With top models also having solar panels on the roof to provide more power in sunny conditions, this could be the ideal car model for Spain.
