Today, as I write this, David Peilow and Robert Llewellyn are on their way from London to Edinburgh in a brand new Nissan LEAF. When I last checked, they were well within spitting distance of Cumbr...
A friend once told me that as long as a car had a plug on it, they were happy. It didn’t matter if the car could travel 20 miles per charge or 200, the most important part was that it plugged in. ...
This week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ford Motor Company unveiled a new concept car that it said could revolutionise how electric cars charge forever. Based on th...
They’re round, black — or perhaps brown if you’re a mucky pup — and are the only thing between your car and the road ahead. Yet tyres (tires if you’re American) probably get more mistreatment than ...
Before I launch headlong into today’s piece, I feel it’s in my duty to warn you, most sternly, that under no account should you drive through floods without first checking their depth and current. ...
Yes folks, it’s that time of year again. You know, the one where you end up spending an inordinate amount of time with people you don’t really like or talk to for most of the year just because it’s...
It’s generally accepted that any car with a plug— be it an all-electric car or a plug-in hybrid — can make use of a public charging station to refill its battery pack. Obviously, some plug-in cars...
When you go on a long-distance trip in your car, what do you do? If it’s powered by petrol or diesel, the chances are you simply check the tyre pressure, make sure you know your route (or at least ...
Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Just like the age old Mac vs PC argument, the discussion of electric vs petrol, a plug or not, can divide friends, spawn epic forum threads, and confuse ...
Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. On March 28, 2011, I jumped in my friend's Morris Minor and rode the 45 miles or so from my house on the outskirts of North Bristol to Wincanton, Somerse...