Plugging in India

Every day, more than 60% of India’s population hits the road, which is a lot of road, but a lot of people to fill it. Although this ranks as the second biggest network in the world (at 3,862,317 miles, it’s pipped only by the USA), life is a squeeze. Fast approaching 300 million vehicles, India’s […]

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 […]

Three jeers for the badmobile

The perfect wheels for a chemistry teacher or discreet drug kingpin, Walter White’s 2004 Pontiac Aztek was the most inspired piece of autocasting in a generation of dark-comedy drama. Officially, the Aztek was chosen to match 2008 drama Breaking Bad’s setting in New Mexico, given the badge references. But its brutally angular resonance with Walter’s […]