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What Is ‘Waze’?

Waze. A Driver’s Best Friend. In todays world, apps are a given. Whether you’re and iPhone or android user, you’ll be familiar with the vast array of apps available… for absolutely everything! Want to find out how many snores you do a minute a night? App for that. Want to try a new hair colour…


Electrify Your Defender

The UK firm converting original Land Rover Defenders – Defender Electrify! For £24,000, a UK firm named Electrogenic can bring 2022 EV technology to your 1998 or older Land Rover Defender. The conversion is available for Defender 90/110 models and offers over 100 miles of range from a 52kWh battery that provides power to an…


The Air Tag and Car Tracking…

Are AirTags Safe? Less of a car theme today, and more of an office discussion… Air Tag Here at Number1Plates, team are big fans of the now not-so-new Apple Air Tag. Mainly to help us when we lose our items, such as keys, handbags, etc!  Discussions soon arose regarding the safety of the Apple AirTags,…


The Most Hated Cars in the N1P Hub!

The Worst Rated Cars… at Number1Plates Admin! So we’ve had a little office discussion. However, we couldn’t get to the conclusion of what the worst car ever is! From Alfa’s to Toyota’s, we couldn’t decide so here is each member of the teams worst cars:   Alicia, The Nissan Cube:          …


What Number Plates Are Legal And Illegal?

On a day to day basis we find that our customers aren’t sure which style plates are legal and which aren’t. It’s no surprise, seen as there’s differing information and interpretations everywhere! With some companies offering all kinds of styles, and some companies only offering a few. We can understand that it must be a…


BSB Round 1 & 2 – How has Dan Linfoot fared?

Round One: Silverstone Dan Linfoot How has Dan Linfoot started off the BSB racing? The British Superbike Championship kicked off at Silverstone over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. With sunny skies and warm temperatures at the Northamptonshire circuit, the Number 1 Plates sponsored rider was aiming to start his season off in the best possible…


Number1Plates Sponsor British SuperBike Rider Dan Linfoot

British SuperBike Official Sponsors Exciting news! Here at Number1Plates, it’s official that for the second year running we are official sponsors. Sponsoring the British SuperBike rider Dan Linfoot for the 21st series of the competition!  Last year, Dan faced some tough competition alongside difficult tracks and terrains. However this year he is certainly hungry for…


What are the number plate spacing laws?

Number Plate Spacing Over the years, right back until 1901, number plates in the UK have followed a strict format. This changed when the combination of characters available to a particular format became exhausted.  Now, we use the current or new style format. This is the one that all UK road users will be most…


New ’22 Registrations… New Car Scams

Beware Of The New Car Scams! Scam, scam, scam. From March 1st 2022, new cars will now be registered with a ‘22’ registration tag. Rather than a ‘71’ to represent the new year. This change happens every year to update new cars to the current year. If you want to know a little more, read…


Digital Plates. What are they and how do they work?

E-Plates are a new form of number plate that have been introduced and are currently undergoing trialling in the United States. This new form of number plates uses RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging, which allows instant and automatic car identification. The plate contains a chip which stores information about the vehicle it’s assigned to, including…