Tuesday 9 September 2014. The Green Piece Column. I love costume dramas. And not because I believe in the romanticised presentation of history has any basis in fact. I don’t yearn for a time whe...
A wide range of public service vehicles, from buses to fire engines, are about to get cleaner, thanks to the government’s £5 million Clean Vehicle Technology Fund. Seventeen local authorities wil...
Police forces are increasingly telling victims of crime to carry out their own investigations, according to a new report from the official police watchdog. This is especially the case for high-vo...
Volkswagen has introduced a new special edition of the Amarok pick-up, named the Dark Label, which is set to go on sale at the end of September. Set apart by 18in, black ‘Durban’ alloy wheels, exte...
Peugeot’s ‘sports orientated’ 308 GT has been revealed ahead of its premiere at October’s Paris Motor Show. Both hatchback and SW estate body shapes will get two warm engines – a 1.6-litre 206bhp B...
Well, it is official; we are losing Vauxhall’s flagship ‘range-extended’ eco-car, the Ampera. It has been rumoured for months, that when a new generation of the Chevrolet Volt is introduced in th...
The shortlist for the Low Carbon Champions Awards has been revealed, ahead of this year’s Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV 2014) which takes place next week. Winners of the annual award will be...
Two years have passed since Volvo planted a plug-in diesel-electric powertrain into its V60 D-segment hatchback; a relatively successful move with nearly 8,000 units shifted in 2013 alone. But now...
When did you last fill up your car? For me, it was about two weeks ago when our Chevrolet Volt had finally come to the end of its tiny tank after more than 2,500 miles of mostly electric driving. ...
It has been eight years since Nissan ended its presence in the all-important C-segment with the discontinuation of the Almera, but now the sabbatical is over. With the introduction of the new Puls...