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Third Report A friend e-mailed, “I bet you’re feeling so smug,” as Britain gradually turned into one big queue for the fuel pumps. Range anxiety came as standard with every journey in a combustion engine car this autumn, but to imagine all EV drivers were bypassing the queues with an aloof flick of their indicators […]

Vauxhall Mokka-e SRi Nav Premium

Second Report I recently researched the potential death of the grille, given its growing redundancy in an EV-driven world. I felt sad because, let’s face it, who doesn’t suffer from pareidolia? Otherwise known as the human instinct to perceive a face in inanimate objects, millions spent on development can easily be blown by an unfortunate […]

Lightbulb moment! How a small town lived the electric dream

Draped in a wrinkle of the Surrey Hills, Godalming makes a fascinating target for an electric car excursion, even if, like to so many destinations, it’s not exactly choked with recharge points. Maybe that’s surprising, because as far as electricity and early adoption goes, Godalming is a trailblazer. Or was: 140 years ago, in the […]

Transporter of delight

If research from RoSPA (those safety-obsessed people who allegedly sleep in high-vis pyjamas) is true, you might be best advised to forget all the dangers out on the open road and focus instead on the ones right next to you.  RoSPA’s analysis of a study in 2019 from the Department for Transport suggested that 3% […]

Going anywhere vehicular for your holidays, sir?

Place names that have graced the flanks of some of the world’s most memorable cars also happen to be pretty interesting places to visit – even if you admit that you don’t know your Italian ski resorts from Ford’s back catalogue.  But let’s not rush ahead. Our journey, pandemic permitting, of course, begins like any […]

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