Our take on motoring matters
Good question. If possible we should separate running a car company and the business of producing electric vehicles (EVs). Part of the problem for the high-profile strugglers in the electric…
The government has invested billions of pounds in the smart motorways scheme. The idea is to increase motorway capacity without going to the expense and disruption of building extra carriageways.…
The Crit’Air scheme has been designed to reduce pollution in city centres around France. The idea is that all motors should have a car windscreen sticker (the French call them…
Not so long ago, the law was changed to increase the punishment for driving with a hand-held mobile phone. Now there’s a lot of noise being made about the government…
Driverless cars are undeniably the future, but when will they become reality? Five years? Ten? Or longer? German company Continental is uniquely positioned to give us a definitive answer. You…
Politicians seem to be jostling in a queue for who can cut vehicle exhaust emissions by as soon as feasibly possible. And that’s fine. No one wants to poison the…
David Attenborough has been brilliant at drawing attention to the plight of plastics in our oceans. And while many of us might tut at the sight of a plastic bag…
Barely a week goes by now without the launch of a new electric vehicle (EV) like the Mercedes EQC (above). This would be great for the environment – assuming they…
We routinely bash car dealers in surveys for being untrustworthy. A recent experience shows such reports may have a point. A family friend is 18, in the RAF. As a…
The UK is the envy of most of the rest of the world for its road safety record. We tinker with that at our peril. A valuable contributor to that…