Fuel Articles

As UK roads get more and more congested, it seems that some drivers will have to become what they have, on the whole, despised for years. A cyclist. INRIX is saying it could now be quicker to cycle than to drive if you commute into a city centre. In many...

Choosing the right car for you can be a mixture of sensible decision, financial obligation and with a hint of raw emotion, but even the prettiest of cars will be given the cold shoulder in the cold hard light of reliability statistics. A new survey by...

The writing has been on the wall for a while now: Electric cars are here to stay, the death knell is ringing for fossil fuel. That’s all very black & white though, and the reality is perhaps a little different. Certainly, electricity is the motive...

Using a mobile phone at the wheel is never a good idea, and except in some extreme circumstances is also illegal. Between 2013 and 2015 an average of 24 people were annually killed in a car crash where a mobile phone was cited as the main cause. While the...

Incidents of drink-driving are on the increase, around 7% up typically, and yet some areas are seeing a 26% decrease in arrests for the offence. Budget cuts are affecting all aspects of policing; the West Midlands force has just 302 working breathalyser...

Every year people in the UK spend an astonishing £78billion on insurance premiums. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report that more than four out of five people have at least one insurance policy—with home and car insurance the most common. On...

Car production was down 9.1% in 2018 due to numerous factors, including Brexit, lack of demand for diesel and strict emissions laws causing delays. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) was the hardest hit, with a 15% drop in production, with just under 450,000 cars...

Chinese tech giant, Huawei, has recently filed a patent with the European Patent Office for what could amount to some of the most intrusive technology to be fitted to a vehicle. It’s capable of detecting whether a driver is drunk, but also whether that...

New figures show that hundreds of the UK’s top-selling cars are at risk of theft by criminals who use technology to hack into keyless systems. Four out of five of the UK’s most popular cars are on the list of the models vulnerable to such crimes....

For those sceptics of EV’s, there’s a new kid on the block that could change your mind. The new Kia e-Niro tackles two of the most common issues that people have with; range and charging speed. With a listed range of 282 miles, tested against the rigorous...

“A poll tax on wheels” – Edmund King president of the AA. In what seems to be yet another indirect tax on the motorist, a number of local councils are investigating proposals to charge up to £1,000 per parking space for businesses within their catchment...

In April of this year, Age UK revealed that “Between 1995/97 and 2013 the proportion of people in Great Britain aged 70+ holding a licence increased from 38% to 62%” With the recent news of His Royal Highness, Prince Philips’ crash, the question has been once again...

Every year, car manufacturers recall around a million vehicles for safety checks or repairs, under the vehicle safety recall scheme. One in 13 cars on UK roads right now has had a safety recall issued but has not had the issue resolved. In an interview...

“Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you” – one of the lesser-known quotes from the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, in which ‘Big Brother’ is always watching. Despite being seventy years old this year, the whole “Big Brother is...

As you’ve no doubt heard from an old sage, speed limits are just that; a limit, not a target, but apart from very few locations, there’s nothing about minimum speed limits (marked with a circular blue sign with white numerals). Many drivers believe that...

In a new report by the National Insitute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), they called for all new roads to prioritise pedestrians, cyclists and bus passengers. While some industry chiefs agree with this idea, others are quick to criticise, claiming...

Car theft is something none of us wants to experience. If faced with a space where our car once was, the first thing we'd do is call the police—and hope this would either bring our car back or, failing that, discover the perpetrator and bring them to...