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 ...
Taking a 31 year old car and putting it in middle of your new car showroom is perhaps not the normal way to attract customers through the door, but when that car is a freshly restored Porsche 911 S...
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...
Perennial motoring do-gooders Brake are on the case once more, campaigning for yet another change in driving habits or laws. This week they’re focussing on driving whilst using a mobile phone, some...
Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Just how far can you travel in an electric car? It’s a question I’m often asked and one I’m always cautious to answer. My answer normally revolves arou...
Petrol is petrol. Apart from when things go horribly wrong, filling up your car with Tesco petrol or Shell V-Power petrol isn’t going to make much difference, you’re just spending an extra 10p per ...
Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. The nights are getting visibly shorter, you’ve dug out your thick jumpers, and somewhere you’ve probably got a list started for your Christmas shopping....
Every now and then, a car manufacturer gets lucky with a new model. They may claim that there has been endless research, countless customer focus groups and competitor comparisons, but really we kn...
By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Hi! My name is Nikki, I’ve been driving electric cars since 2006, and I still can’t get my head around charging infrastructure. I’m not talking range anxiety here. No...