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To meet international targets for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, in 2001, the government encouraged us to switch to diesel cars, even...

I’ve worked in automotive engineering for 30 years, with everything from a race-tuned Reliant Robin engine (to be used as a fire pump)...

It’s hard to believe, and perhaps it gets lost with the differences between forecourts, but November saw petrol and diesel prices drop...

A report by the AA shows that those of us searching for cars with automatic gearboxes has almost doubled in the past five years, going...

The motorway service station has been around since Watford Gap opened in 1959. Back then, it was all fine dining and table-side service...

A new study says that £5 worth of fuel—be it petrol, diesel, or electricity—goes almost twice as far in electric vehicles (EVs) than it...

Parking one’s car can be a nightmare and an often expensive one, too. Whether you’re using a train station car park or you’re parking...

Road vehicle taxation has been around since … well, road vehicles. The UK’s first road tax schemes for ‘light locomotives’ were...

As motorists, we get used to the ‘bust & boom’ nature of owning a car; hit with taxes, hit with taxes, and hit with taxes, with some...

A new EU regulation says that all new cars must have integrated breathalysers and speed-limiters by 2022. Existing models sold after...

“All the Conservatives can offer is green number plates” – Labour spokesman, discussing radical new plans to usher in an ‘electric car...

Private car registrations are big business – in 2017 alone, the market generated over £110m in revenue, with an estimate of around...

Official findings from an analysis of the 2018 Department for Transport (DfT) congestion figures show Britain’s motorways are struggling...

Judging by online comments, tweets and positive support, I can’t be the only one who feels that Kent Police deserve a hearty pat on the...

A new study by short-term insurance provider, Veygo, has revealed that if you’re looking to let the train take the strain, you could be...

Bristol City Council is aiming for the fastest improvement in air quality to meet legal nitrogen dioxide (NO2) targets in a bold plan with more...

We often hear about ‘range anxiety’ when talking about electric vehicles, of course it refers to the angst you feel when travelling anything further...

While I’m sometimes dismissive of a handful of new driving regulations, and feel that the authorities are too reliant on using technology to ‘spy’...

A former road safety minister says drug driving is now a ‘hidden epidemic’, with courts convicting almost 20,000 people for driving under the...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Those five words aren’t to disparage the research relating to global CO2 emissions, but merely to point out that...

Depending on what part of the country you live, commute or travel to, you may be aware that purchasing a Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) comes with a...