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Hobby horse

I wonder if, like me, you wondered what form Ferrari’s first pure EV might take and, indeed, when we might see it. Of course we all knew it was coming, but I think few would have expected...

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Unsafe at any speed

Does the name Ralph Nader ring a bell? Some of you may vaguely remember him as a candidate in the US presidential race of 2000. Nader was the ‘alternative’ candidate, running on...

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Ford’s secret supercar

It’s December 1988. You’re about to buy a Ferrari 328. You’ve had a 911 before, and you’ve considered a Chevrolet Corvette for its macho looks and grunt, and a Porsche 944 Turbo...

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Kicks like a mule

Relax your focus a bit and the Porsche 959 could be just another 911. Its bodywork is uncluttered and smooth, like it’s been tumbling around at the bottom of a stream for 100 years...

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The secret life of your car

Buying a new car is always a special experience. Whether it is brand new or just new to you, that moment you finally sit at its wheel is charged with excitement and a sense of achievement...

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Fuel cells: Future or fantasy? Part three

Batteries are the only solution to future transport, right? Well, erm, no. First of all, there’s the obvious point that putting all your eggs in one technological basket...

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Fuel cells: Future or fantasy? Part two

A quick aide-memoire for those who once knew but forgot. While the term ‘fuel cell’ wasn’t coined until 1889 by Ludwig Mond and Charles Langer, it was Sir William Grove who discovered...

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Fuel cells: Future or fantasy? Part one

For the last 35 years, which is as long as I’ve been writing about them, hydrogen fuel cells have been just around the corner, or as one journalist said, 'they were a decade away twenty years ago…'

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