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‘We don’t want to get into the fuel business’ has been a perennial cry from the motor industry. But that’s changed fast in recent years as car makers invest in electric recharging networks...
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When I was a lad at school, the correct answer to the question, ‘what’s your favourite book?’ was, ‘The Hobbit’. It was not plausible that a 10-year-old boy could have trawled his way through...
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My road to Damascus would be lined with 350kW fast chargers and it would twist, turn, climb and fall like an Alpine pass. I’d be driving some trailblazing all-electric sports car...
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The speed picks up as we reach the bottom of the hill and we quickly start climbing again. Unlike my unsuspecting passenger, I know what lies ahead. We are now going up the last hill...
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In 1901 the best-selling car in the United States was the electric Columbia Runabout. Not the best-selling electric car in the US that year – it was the best-selling car, full stop...
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In carefree younger days, I was only properly happy when trying to scare the life out of myself. I’d motocross, glacier ski and microlight with a like-minded crowd, each of us trying...
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We’ve never run a manufacturer-supplied car before. We don’t have a long-term fleet. Given as there’s only Dan and me fronting this thing, it would represent a somewhat ambitious...
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I was on my way to drive a modified Mini Cooper S when the call came. It didn’t matter how close I was to the tuning company’s workshop, said the voice. I had to turn around...