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Madrid has bought so many electric cars that the DGT has ended one of its great incentives

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Electric cars and plug-in hybrids will not be able to circulate in the Bus-HOV lane unless the signs indicate so. The DGT has confirmed that it was one of the most attractive measures for the potential customer of a car with a Zero Emissions label to take the leap. Now, so many cars of this type have been sold in Madrid that they have ended up putting an end to this advantage. What has happened? The DGT has sent a statement announcing the “Resolution on special traffic regulation measures for 2026.” Nothing very juicy except for one detail: the announcement that the Zero Emission cars they have run out of taking advantage the Bus-HOV lane to avoid traffic jams. The DGT explains that from now on, drivers of a Zero Emissions car (electric or plug-in hybrid with more than 40 kilometers of autonomy) will only be able to circulate on this special lane when it is specifically signposted. By default, they will not be able to enter it. Because? According to the DGT, the decision “responds both to the demand of the citizens and to the requests of the public transport companies and the Ombudsman who have conveyed to the DGT their concern about the progressive loss of effectiveness of the HOV lanes that directly affects the regularity and punctuality of the service, discouraging its use and harming thousands of daily users who opt for public transport.” And they provide data: traffic jams on the main roads have increased by 10%, while in the Bus-HOV lanes they have increased by 22%. But the data skyrockets in Madrid. According to their accounts, traffic jams are 20% more frequent on the main road of the A-6 entering and exiting Madrid. In its Bus-HOV lane, traffic jams have increased by 90%. Madrid, absolute leader. According to ANFAC data, Madrid was the Autonomous Community where the most electrified cars (electric and plug-in hybrids because the data also discriminate by non-plug-in hybrids) were purchased. In total, at the end of 2025, 102,245 cars of this type were recorded. Across Spain, 245,629 Zero Emission cars were purchased. The next region in which the most Zero Emission cars were purchased was Catalonia but it remained at 33,309 units. Behind them, only the Valencian Community and Andalusia exceeded 20,000 units. Goodbye to one of the great incentives. Until now, switching to the Bus-HOV lane despite only having one passenger traveling in an electric or plug-in hybrid car was one of the great incentives to get a vehicle of this type. The HOV Bus on the A-6 in Madrid, the only one for which the DGT offers data, is a relief for a road that is clogged daily. Beyond the driving comfort (absence of noise or vibrations) and the savings if we recharge at home, the Zero Emissions cars had two great incentives that were considered “political”. One is the purchasing aid that until now was collected in the MOVES III Plan but that have been frozen waiting for a Auto+ Plan that has not yet materialized. The second was this use of the Bus-HOV lane, since the time saved per day was considerable. However, advantages applied by each municipality such as unlimited access to ZBEsexemptions in the payment of road taxes or free parking in regulated parking areas. These aids are of municipal application and, therefore, vary from one city to another. Goodbye, goodbye. The loss of the unlimited pass for the VAO Bus is only a reminder that Zero Emission cars continue to enjoy some aid that, it is hoped, will end up disappearing. This is what has happened, for example, in Norway, where the exemption from paying taxes has caused a hole of 1.8 billion euros. The solution that has been proposed is to tax the weight of vehicles to alleviate this problem. In other cities, like parisit is also ignored whether the car is electric or not and a similar mechanism is also used to charge in regulated parking areas. Photo | DGT In Xataka | Guide to know if your car will be able to circulate in the ZBEs of Madrid in 2026: labels, registrations and areas

The director of the DGT says that in the future cars will not enter cities. It’s more of a wish than a reality

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Today is January 14, 2026 but, really, it doesn’t matter when you read this: Pere Navarro, director of the DGT, is once again in the news for some controversial statements. We could have titled this article that way, in fact, because the truth is that every time the Director of Traffic speaks at an event broadcast by the media there is something to scratch. This time it was at an event organized by Europa Press where Navarro showed off this particular superpower. There, he has assured the following: “We are all day with emissions, yes emissions, no such and such. Don’t look, you don’t go to the city center with electric, diesel or gasoline. Let’s not make a mistake. You go with public transportation and if you’re in a hurry, taxi, Uber or Cabify” They are literal words. There is no possible misinterpretation or audio cuts to take the message out of context. You can check it yourself in the tweet that accompanies this article. Click on the image to go to the original tweet The words clearly point to an ambition: to get the car out of the city center. It doesn’t matter if it’s gasoline, diesel or electric. There is a goal and that goal is vehicle sharing and public transportation. We could put our hands on our heads. We could say that they want to prohibit us from moving where the elites want. Of course, there will be those who relate this to 15 minute cities. However, we have been hearing similar messages for so long and the measures to be taken have been so lukewarm that, without fear of being wrong, I say: calm down. Once again, the same old thing This is not the first time, far from it, that we have heard this type of message from the director of the DGT. For two years, news and articles have been recurring that point to supposed prohibitions on using our cars if they are only occupied by one person. One of the most repeated formulas is found in these words from Navarro himself at an event called Global Mobility Call held in Madrid in 2024: “The future of traffic will be shared or it will not be (…) we must make a collective change in mentality that allows us to encourage high vehicle occupancy, because we cannot afford to move 1,500 kg every day to move a single person. Increasing vehicle occupancy is a challenge and a necessity” Navarro too has come to be described as “luxury” moving a single person in a vehicle. And in November he insisted again in that it doesn’t matter if the car is electric or not because the future of cities depends on public transport. However, the DGT has not taken any action that points in this direction nor is there anything on the table to debate it. The closest thing is the creation of a Bus-HOV lane at the entrance to Madrid where cars with two or more people traveling inside are rewarded. And that in 2019 it was also advocated from the DGT magazine for a city “with more pedestrians and fewer cars.” The statements have also been used to fill the network with articles pointing out that we will not be able to enter the center of our cities by car, linking them with the creation of low-emission zones. But the truth is that these low-emission zones have a very limited scope. In some of them, such as Madrid or Barcelonavehicles without a label are prevented from entering, but either there are exceptions or they allow all cars with a label to enter the very center of the city. It is true that sometimes you are forced to park in a parking lot but the passage, if our car has at least label Bit is open. Despite many statements by the DGT, the truth is that the efforts to reduce or not reduce traffic in cities go through the municipal corporations of each place. A context that has led to turning the issue of urban mobility into a political weapon. To the point of defending that traffic jams can be “a hallmark” of a city. The comparison between Madrid and Barcelona are two good examples. In the capital, the Popular Party won an election by ensuring that it was going to lift all circulation restrictions, something he didn’t do and that, in fact, he maintained to eliminate all unmarked cars (regardless of whether the driver lives in Madrid or not) from the city. Barcelona en Comú promoted a completely different way of understanding the city in Barcelona, ​​betting on pedestrianization, reduction of lanes in the city center and the creation of what are known as Superilles. It has also been promoted to be more aggressive and fence off the entrance to the city from the most polluting vehicles. Two different approaches that, however, have given a very similar result. And the measures against the car have been very lukewarm. In both cities, if the vehicle has an environmental label it can circulate inside, just taking into account a series of obligations that, in practice, barely change our daily lives. In Madrid, the idea of ​​preventing unlabeled cars from being banned was finally scrapped (as long as they are registered in Madrid). And prohibiting entry to city centers with cars is not something that is catching on in Europe either. Yes, the main cities have restrictions and barriers that discourage its use, but in all of them you can continue to travel to the city center by car. In London you want reduce traffic with tollsin Paris punishing street parking and in Berlin you are also forced to drive with certain modern vehicles. Be that as it may, the only certainty is that total prohibitions do not come and if citizens end up leaving their cars aside in the cities it is because they have been transversal jobs in different areas and sustained over timewith investments … Read more

The DGT is not going to fine for the V-16 beacons at the moment, and therein lies the key

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Since last January 1, anyone who is stranded on the road due to a breakdown has to place the V-16 beacon connected. And what happens if I don’t have it? Absolutely nothing. At least that is what the Government assures. Because, with the law in hand, the agents can fine us if they consider it appropriate. We also don’t know how long this “truce” will last. “It is not tax collection”. This is what Fernando Grande-Marlaska stated in the press conference in which he gave the results of the road accidents relating to 2025. The DGT has made public the accident data for last year but a good part of the press conference has revolved around the topic of the moment: the connected V-16 beacon that the DGT has been required to carry since last January 1. The agents, Grande-Marlaska assures, will not fine for a “reasonable” period of time, in words reported by The World. They do it because, they say, “our objective is not sanctioning or collecting, what moves us is the obligation to save lives.” “Reasonable”. It is the temporary measure that the Minister of the Interior has used to refer to the time that the agents have before fining. The word says nothing because, really, from January 1, 2026, Traffic can fine us for not having the corresponding signage elements. The fine is 80 euros and it does not take into account whether we carry the triangles with us because the only essential element in the car when signaling an accident is the connected V16 beacon, which must be approved by the DGT. And the triangles have been left in a kind of limbo so that the driver can do with them whatever he considers. Not now. The position of the DGT has changed over time. Since it was confirmed that the V-16 beacon would be the only signaling element of a road breakdown, the discourse has changed and its position has been relaxed. At first it was argued that the use of triangles could be grounds for a fine since an incident was not being correctly signalled. Now, Interior says that there will be a period in which fines will not be imposed for this. Later it was left up in the air whether the beacon+triangle combination was valid. Finally, it will be allowed put the triangles “at your own risk”. many doubts. In his speech, Grande-Marlaska pointed out that last year more than 100 people died on the road, “a significant number for getting off to put up the triangles”, in words reported by Motorpassion. In The World They point out that estimates point to 25 pedestrians dying while trying to put the triangles in what Grande-Marlaska describes as “bleeding.” However, as we have said in Xatakathe DGT has never offered clarifying data. Traffic has always classified these victims as people run over “after getting out of the vehicle” but without clarifying under what circumstances. They do not indicate whether they were hit when getting out of the car, putting the triangles on, changing a tire on the shoulder or waiting for help to arrive. According to their accounts, between 2018 and 2022 (a period that includes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic), an annual average of between 18 and 26 people died in accidents “after getting off the vehicle” on high-capacity roads. as reflected in the document itself which explains why the regulations and technical requirements of this connected V-16 beacon are changed. Taking the total number of deaths in this entire series (8,615 people, according to data from Statista), we are talking about just over 1% of deaths that fall into the category “after getting out of the vehicle.” No fines but no extensions. The result in the application of the measure has been paradoxical. From the Interior they say that the measure is “essential” to reduce the number of road accidents but omitting its use or not having the beacon will not be penalized despite there being no extension. And, at the same time, Traffic defends that it has not implemented an extension because it is something that has been known since 2023 and that we should have already purchased the device. According to Pere Navarrodirector of the DGT, “we considered delaying it” but that “would not have changed anything.” Also left to the driver’s discretion whether or not they want to put the triangles in despite the fact that they consider it a sufficient risk to promote a regulatory change. And they recognize that something has been done wrong with the communication of the new measure. Photo | DGT and Help Flash In Xataka | The V-16 beacon business: who is making money with the elimination of the DGT triangles

The DGT does not have an “ITV for V-16 beacons”, but the fact that many people believe that it does reveals how confusing everything is being.

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You will have read that the DGT has launched an MOT for the V-16 beacons. Well, there is no MOT for V-16 beacons. The DGT has not launched a new procedure. There are also no V-16 beacons that were approved and are no longer so. And although it is very likely that you have read the opposite, you can rest assured if you have purchased one of the beacons that the DGT has now supposedly suspended. Having said all this, it is normal that you are confused and that is why we are going to explain what happened. There is no MOT for beacons and you don’t have to do anything If you have read that the DGT has launched an ITV for beacons, we confirm that you have fallen into a clickbait. And to explain certain terms it is common to use a concept well known to everyone (in this case the ITV) to point out that the V-16 beacons will pass a exam every two years (as happens with cars). It is the same that occurs with the calls “continuous line radars”. They simply do not exist, it is a system that uses other technology but to popularize them among readers they talk about “radars” when in reality they work in another way. In this case something similar happens, with the aggravating factor that it is not entirely true that the V-16 beacons are passing an exam every two years. The latter is nothing more than the renewal of a license to be able to put approved V-16 beacons on the market. My partner Yúbal Fernández gives the answers to all the questions that may arise in this article. To understand the origin of the mess you have to go to the DGT website. There, where all the approved models are listed, another list appeared a few days ago called Brands and models with certificates with expired validity. It includes four models of beacons (three of them from the company Ledel Solutions and the other from the company Ditraimon). They are, in the literal words of the DGT, “brands and models with certificates of completed validity that covered their manufacture, being valid for use by drivers who have acquired them until the end of their useful life.” To clarify all doubts we have contacted the DGT who has explained to us that this is an administrative procedure and not a purely technical one. They have clarified to us that when you receive a certificate to put a V-16 beacon on the market, it is valid for a period of two years. When this ends, there are three possibilities: The manufacturer resubmits the same beacon to the corresponding laboratory. In that case, it is verified that all requirements are still met and the manufacturer can continue selling said beacon. The manufacturer presents the beacon but with a cut in its characteristics. In that case, if it does not meet the minimum requirements, the beacon cannot be sold and the manufacturer loses the certificate. At that moment he enters the new DGT list. The manufacturer has no intention of continuing to sell the beacon and does not appear for the certificate renewal. In that case, you lose the certificate immediately and cannot continue selling that same beacon. Therefore, the so-called “ITV for beacons” is nothing more than an administrative renewal in which it is confirmed that the manufacturer continues to comply with the requirements required to put the beacon on the market. But it only applies if he takes the said exam. That is to say, in that case it does work like the MOT of a car, which only receives approval if we take the “exam” and pass it. Or the renewal of the driving license, which we will lose after its validity if we do not undergo the relevant tests. What can lead a manufacturer to not renew its certificate? Simply put, a company can forget this procedure if it does not want to continue producing this beacon because it is not achieving the expected profitability or has a product that works better in the market. A good example is the company Ledel Solutions, which has not received the renewal of the certificate for three products. However, it has up to 32 different beacons with the approval of the laboratories. Some of these certifications were issued last November or December 2025. AND if you have bought any of these beacons, there is no problem either. The DGT has insisted that if the beacon is in the commercial area we go to, we can rest assured because it will have met the technical requirements if it has been approved by the DGT. That is why it is important to check before paying if the model in question is on the list of Certified brands and models. In any case, remember: we are talking about a purely bureaucratic process in which the driver is not affected in any way. If you bought a V-16 beacon that is part of the new DGT list, you have nothing to worry about and no need to buy a new one. Your connectivity is guaranteed for at least 12 years and no one is going to fine you for carrying a V-16 beacon if the product has the DGT certificate. Photo | Aeca-ITV and Geobeacon In Xataka | Fines for improper use of the V-16 beacon: when you can be fined for using it off the road and when you can’t

This is the DGT map to visualize where there are active V16 beacons in Spain. There is another more useful unofficial map

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We are in 2026 and that means goodbye (or not) of the signal triangles in favor of the beacons v16 to signal accidents or breakdowns on the road. Don’t you take it? Well fine of 80 eurosalthough these first days Pere Navarro assured that “they would be flexible“(sic). In addition to avoiding accidents, the great advantage of the V16 beacons is their connectivity: it is true that It’s half-connectedness.but it does allow the DGT to notify the vehicles with signal V-27 and the rest of the drivers through light panels. And an interactive map to accurately geolocate the V16 beacons active in the state. The DGT traffic map also shows the beacons. Go ahead that the officer It is much more than the map where we can see these luminous devices: we can visualize closed roads, detours, landslides and meteorological events such as low visibility due to fog, accidents or stopped vehicles. Precisely here the beacons would come in, marked in the legend of the map with the danger traffic sign. However, if we tap on the ‘Filters’ area (the button with the three stripes in the upper right corner) you can alleviate the display a little. DGT traffic map As you can see below these lines, when you touch the icon, information appears such as the cause (by default the vehicle appears stopped), which road and direction it is on, the orientation, since when the notification has been operational, the province and the municipality. It is worth remembering that the data is anonymous as long as the DGT only receives the location of the stopped vehicle and not the identity of the occupant or other personal data such as the license plate or policy data. Beyond zooming, selecting areas or screening, this is what the DGT map allows you to create. You just have to activate it. To see your V16 beacon on the map, simply touch the button so that the signal is sent to DGT 3.0 platform: The function is technical and automatic, transmitting data such as the device ID, its GPS coordinates, the exact time of activation and the status, but not the cause (it could be a puncture, a mechanical breakdown, you have run out of fuel, an accident). The person who categorizes the cause of the incident is the roadside assistance operator, such as the tow truck, with the signal V-24 and the obligation to inform the DGT when they arrive at a service and what type of incident they are attending to. A reminder: you can fine up to 30,000 euros for a false positive, that is, activating the beacon as a test and leaving it activated for more than 100 seconds. The unofficial map of the beacons If you just want to see the beacons, there is another map. The data collected by the DGT 3.0 platform is public through the DGT 3.0 API. So the cybersecurity engineer Hector Julián Alijas has created a specific map for the beacons with some extra advantages from public data and official sources, such as explains in their FAQ. This beaconmapv16 displays all devices that are currently or recently active, regardless of beacon manufacturer and operator. The map shows active beacons in yellow and those that have recently been operational in dark, updating periodically to report changes in the status of the beacons and the activation of new units (you can check the latest update in a message located in the upper area). As with the DGT map, you can tap on the beacon icon to see information related to that device. The information provided by this alternative map is exactly the same, but it has an extra that can be useful if you want to go there: the possibility of sharing it with a GPS navigator such as Waze, Google Maps or Apple Maps. I want to see the beacons on Google Maps and Waze. GPS navigators do not offer the option of viewing activated beacons on the road per sebut they do warn of incidents on the road such as stopped cars or accidents. The DGT 3.0 platform itself explains that: “It facilitates the interconnection of all the actors that are part of the mobility ecosystem. Vehicle manufacturers, navigation service providers, mobility applications, city councils, public transport platforms, fleet management systems, etc.” Furthermore, both Google (behind Maps and Waze) and Apple uses information from the authoritiesso technically they can do it. And it has a great advantage: ruling out false incidents, which may be reported by mistake or intentionally, and which can later be verified through the platform. In Xataka | From today, connected V-16 beacons are mandatory in Spain: what should be clear between controversies and doubts about the rule In Xataka | The DGT’s great plan does not end with the V16 beacons: it wants to connect all traffic as they already do in China Cover | DGT and V16 Beacons Map Hector Julián Alijas

If you thought that getting the DGT V-16 beacon right couldn’t be more complicated, the beacons with an expiration date have arrived.

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Buying an approved and fully valid connected V-16 beacon is relatively simple. Or, at least, it should be. Because to the list of products and companies that market a completely valid product are added the beacons that can continue to be sold… but that will no longer be able to be sold. Yes, the DGT has opened a new list… and now everything is more confusing. The approved V-16 beacons. So that a V-16 beacon is valid by the DGT and is completely approved, the product must meet a series of requirements. Among the most important are the following: Connectivity with DGT 3.0 for at least 12 years Radiate light 360 degrees Maintain irradiation intensity for at least 30 minutes Protection degree IP54 at least Guaranteed operation between -10ºC and 50ºC How do I check it? It must be taken into account that non-approved beacons are being sold on the market despite being completely legal… more or less. And when the arrival of the beacons was approved in 2021, we didn’t know anything about the DGT 3.0 platform. In 2023 it was confirmed that its connectivity with the platform would be mandatory but, by then, beacons without connectivity had already been sold. Right now, they are still on the market selling. These beacons are not valid. We can use them but the DGT will force us to have one approved. From FACUA they point out that there are beacons that are being sold with the DGT badge but that are not approved because they do not have connectivity. Despite everything, they are still on the market. In this situation, the only thing we can do is check if the purchased product is in this list offered by the DGT. It includes each and every one of the products that can be purchased that meets the minimum requirements. The new list of the DGT. Click on the image to go to the official website. Brands and models with certificates with expired validity. Everything seemed, therefore, hands or less clear when it came to purchasing a connected V-16 beacon of those that will be mandatory from January 1, 2026. Until the DGT has added a new list with the name indicated at the beginning of this paragraph: Brands and models with certificates with expired validity. In the description of the DGT to explain what these models are, why they are on this list and what it means, Traffic points out the following: This table shows the brands and models with expired certificates that covered their manufacture and are valid for use by drivers who have purchased them until the end of their useful life. At the time of writing these lines there are three products from the Ledel Solutions CO brand. LTD and another from Ditraimon SL All of them have an end of validity date of 2025. What does this mean? To try to clarify the matter, we have contacted the DGT who have told us the following: “They are beacons that met the requirements in the first approval, but when they went to renew the certificate and had to pass the tests again, they did not meet the required quality criteria” That is, we are talking about companies that have put a valid product on the market. That product, over time, has to pass quality tests again to certify that it continues to meet the minimum required criteria. It was in this second test that they failed and, therefore, lost the certificate that allows them to sell connected V-16 beacons unless they again present a pilot product that guarantees its validity. What if I have one of these beacons? The DGT has confirmed to us that there is no problem. From Traffic they point out that if we have bought or, right now, we buy any of these connected V-16 beacons that are on the market There is no problem because the production runs that have been made until the certificates were withdrawn are completely valid. In theory, we have a guaranteed 12 years of connected V-16 beacon from the moment of purchase, as required by the technical requirements to approve this product. More confusion and more questions. Of course, what is certain is that this new DGT list adds even more confusion to the consumer. And based on the description and the responses from Traffic, it is understandable that a customer may doubt whether their connected V-16 beacon is now valid or not. According to the DGT, we repeat, yes it is. Other questions also arise. If the companies and products that appear in this list as of December 26, 2025 were lost between the months of April and September, why has it not been published until now that they have lost the certificate? In theory and with the answers that Traffic has given us, the companies Ledel Solutions and Ditraimon have not been able to put on the market a new productive run of connected V-16 beacons once the date on which the certificate renewal has been denied has passed, but there is no problem in purchasing one of these products after this date if they were already on the market. Theoretically, they are guaranteed to operate for the required minimum 12 years. Photo | Netun Solutions and DGT In Xataka | Counterfeit V16 beacons: what you should look for to differentiate them from the approved ones

V16 beacons with associated application. Five models to comply with DGT regulations as of January 1

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There is nothing left for us to have to carry a mandatory one in the car. V16 beacon. Which one to buy? There are many models, so in this article we are going to focus on five V16 beacons that come with their own smartphone application. Help Flash IoTan affordable beacon compatible with myIncidence. Help Flash IoT+a beacon with a good number of candles that is also compatible with myIncidence. LEDOnea V16 beacon that stands out for its format and is compatible with its own app. LEDOne for trucksincludes the beacon and an arrow for commercial vehicles. FlashLEDcomes with an anti-shock case and is compatible with its own app. Help Flash IoT The first V16 beacon that we have introduced in this list is from Netun Solutions: the Help Flash IoT. It has a similar design to the Help Flash IoT+, but has different characteristics: it offers visibility up to 1 km, its autonomy is approximately two hours and it offers more than 40 effective candles. Plus, it connects to the app myIncidence to be able to quickly contact the insurance company and emergency services. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Help Flash IoT+ Secondly, we have introduced the most complete version of the previous V16 beacon: the Help Flash IoT+. It has a more interesting technical sheet and its price is usually similar: it offers approximately 290 candlesits autonomy is up to 2.5 hours and it also connects to the myIncidence app. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LEDOne The LEDOne It is a particularly interesting beacon due to its format, since it incorporates a support so that it can be placed a little higher, thus improving visibility. Offers 120 effective candlesits autonomy is approximately two hours, the brand mentions that it is suitable for all vehicles and can be connected to the LEDOne app to notify insurance and emergency services. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LEDOne for trucks An alternative to the previous V16 beacon—or rather a more complete option—we have it at Leroy Merlin. The LEDOne is available in a truck pack which, in this case, includes both the beacon that we have mentioned before and a signaling for industrial vehiclesthus improving visibility. In addition, since it is the same beacon, it is compatible with the LEDOne app. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links FlashLED Finally, PcComponentes has the V16 beacon FlashLEDwhich in this case comes along with a anti-shock hard case. It works using a single battery and is compatible with its own app SOS alert. Of course, the brand does not mention either the theoretical autonomy or the figure in candles. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | Netun Solutions, LEDOne, FlashLED In Xataka | Safety, organization and entertainment gadgets and accessories for cars on long trips In Xataka | Clarifying all the mess that the DGT has on its hands: the V-16 light, the V-27 signal and the emergency triangles

There will be no insurance or registration for electric scooters on January 2, 2026. The DGT has confirmed it

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On January 2, 2026, I aspired to put some order with electric scooters. At least, the order understood as the DGT understands it. And on that date, all electric scooters They had to begin to comply with a series of conditions. They would have been sold as new or were electric scooters that are already in the hands of users. Now, the DGT has confirmed that this will not be possible. In order to apply the new regulations, it is necessary to a Royal Decree that has not been approved and that, as of December 23, 2025, it will be impossible for it to arrive in time for the new year. Despite this, Traffic reminds us that it is mandatory to have insurance for it, which will have to be active before the end of January of next year. So… what has been approved and what is mandatory? No insurance at the moment From 2024all electric scooters sold in Spain have a certificate that includes the technical characteristics of the electric scooter. This certification serves agents to verify whether or not said personal mobility vehicle complies with the technical characteristics for which it was created. And it must be taken into account that an agent can stop an electric scooter but they are also being done controls in some cities. In bliss plate Data such as the maximum speed at which it can circulate must therefore be reflected. In addition, the DGT had to have a VMP registry ready so that anyone who had a vehicle of this type could register their electric scooter. This forces those who have a vehicle of this type before 2024 to have to send the electric scooter to one of the laboratories accredited by the DGT. It will certify that the vehicle is not modified and confirm that it meets the permitted technical conditions. This registration will be a kind of registration for electric scooters and every new scooter sold in our country must be registered. The intention was to leave this possibility to the private customer until 2027, but they were going to be forced to have civil liability insurance as of January 2, 2026. This left them on the verge of having to “homologize” the electric scooter no matter what. However, the DGT has today published a clarifying note in which it states the following: “The Council of Ministers, taking into account the urgency of the processing of the aforementioned Royal Decree, agreed on November 18, 2025, to process it urgently. Although the hearing and public information procedures have already been completed, its approval will not be possible before next January 2” Without this Royal Decree approved, the DGT confirms that there is no legal basis to be able to demand from users registration and insurance of the electric scooter. They assure that “the technical development for the registration of VMPs is already completed” but that without the regulations that regulate this approved, they will not be able to demand these two requirements from January 2, 2026. Therefore, electric scooter users will not have to have insurance for their electric scooters as of January 2, 2026. But, in addition, Traffic does not indicate from what date they expect this change to be active. They only specify that it is mandatory to have insurance as of January 26, 2026 for those personal mobility vehicles with a weight greater than 25 kg and a speed greater than 14 km/h. Electric scooters are considered light personal mobility vehicles and, therefore, insurance will not be required. At least for the moment. Photo | Volodymyr Dobrovolskyy In Xataka | Barcelona suspected that many electric scooters are souped-up. They just stopped one that could reach 113 km/h

The DGT confirms that there were doubts with the arrival of the V-16 beacon

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In just over a week, the triangles will have said goodbye forever on our roads. Or they should have said it if we take the regulation literally because the DGT itself has warned that we will have a grace period to have the V-16 beacon in our car. An element that arrives with controversy and that has been close to being delayed, according to Pere Navarro, director of Traffic. “We are considering delaying it”. That is what Pere Navarro, director of the DGT, stated in statements to the program Better Late of La Sexta. The head of Traffic confirmed that they considered delaying the beacon “to July 31, but nothing would have changed.” According to Navarro, delaying the entry of the V-16 beacon would have led to the same problems and debates but six months later. Come on, we would be talking about the convenience and necessity of beacons in the summer instead of doing it now at Christmas. “Flexible”. In his statement to the La Sexta program, Navarro confirmed that there will not be any type of extension. It is a position in which Tráfico has remained firm in recent months and of which They already announced in November. “This comes from a Royal Decree of 2021,” Navarro now recalled. However, according to the Director of Traffic, “agents will be flexible”so a certain grace period is expected before the Civil Guard fines us for not having a connected V-16 beacon. Of course, in his statements Navarro has not said how long this period will last and the truth is that, if an agent fines us, the regulations protect him. Same, same… In his statements, Navarro suggests that if the implementation of the V-16 beacon had been delayed until next summer, the situation would be exactly the same as at the moment. However, the DGT could have made some kind of communication campaign to the drivers by then, something he has completely omitted this time. One of the most repeated criticisms. In fact, Montserrat Estaca, head of the Telematics Area of ​​the DGT, in an interview with 20Minutes recognized that there was room to better inform drivers. “We should sing a little mea culpa, either we have not done the job well or we have not sufficiently informed the citizens of this new measure,” Estaca acknowledged. So? The question is… what will we find on the road on January 1, 2026? According to Pere Navarro, the agents will not start fining immediately for not having a V-16 beacon connected but the truth is that if we only put the emergency triangles we will not be correctly signaling a fault and they can fine us 80 euros for it. The procedure is clear: we must activate the connected V-16 beacon, place it on the roof of the vehicle and only leave it if there is a safe place to stay. However, there are those who resist throwing away the triangles and we ourselves choose to use it depending on what occasions. This decision will not entail a fine, according to the DGT. In Xataka We have asked Traffic who assure us that the driver will be able to go out and put up the triangles “at his own risk” but that the Civil Guard will not fine him for it. Photo | DGT In Xataka | The “made in China” business of the DGT’s V-16 beacons: homologating the same product 24 times and selling it under different brands

Madrid had a plan to put all cars without a DGT label off the road in 2026. It has changed its mind

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In 2024 it was December 12. In 2025 it was December 11. 20 days after all cars without a label were prohibited from entering the city of Madrid, the capital’s City Council has once again confirmed that those who are registered in Madrid will be able to continue driving for another year. That is to say, like last yearwith less than three weeks left before the ban would exclude unlabeled cars registered in Madrid and those registered outside the city, the City Council has extended the extension that will allow them to continue circulating. So, who can and cannot circulate in Madrid? What does the great ZBE that is now Madrid look like? In September 2024, a figure began to move: 1.2 million cars circulating in Madrid were going to be left out if the ban on any car without an environmental label circulating in the capital was activated, as planned, in 2025. This figure was, as we contrast in Xatakafalse. Or inaccurate, at least. In reality, the Madrid City Council estimated that there were 246,000 vehicles that were going to be left out of circulation in the city. This year, The figure that had moved was 300,000 cars which does not seem real because it would imply that the vehicle fleet of gasoline with more than 25 years and diesel with more than 19 years has grown in the city in the last year. In fact, Borja Caravante, delegate of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility, has assured that prohibiting the circulation of cars without environmental label of registered in Madrid would only affect about 14,000 or 15,000 vehicles, according to words collected by The Country. The Madrid City Council alleges, therefore, that the measure would have a “low impact” and that they therefore prefer to extend the exception to the rule. Whatever the vehicles may be, the truth is that if the ban were applied, no car without a label could circulate in the capital, regardless of whether or not the car is registered in the city. And the thing is, right now, the only cars without a label that can circulate in Madrid are those registered in the city. That is, it is not enough to reside in the capital, it is necessary that the car be registered in the city. If not, there is no possibility of moving with a car without a label except for few exceptions, such as going to a hotel in the city. In summary, right now there are two possibilities for cars without a label and they will remain active next year: If the car is registered in Madrid: it can circulate If the car is not registered in Madrid: it cannot circulate In addition, it must be taken into account that cars without a label (whether or not they are registered in the capital) cannot enter the Central District Special Protection Low Emission Zone (what was previously Central Madrid). Only cars with an environmental label can enter this space. Of these, in addition, the B and C labels have the obligation to park in a parking lot, so only the ECO and Zero emissions vehicles have total freedom of movement. If you want to know more details, in this Guide to know if your car will be able to circulate through the Madrid ZBE in 2026 We clarify all these concepts. Photo | Jordi Moncasi and NuKi Chikhladze In Xataka | The intrigue of cars with the DGT B label: what we know about whether or not they will be able to enter large cities

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