There is one concern about electric cars in the UK that isn’t a myth. When you aren’t charging at home or a Tesla Supercharger you will pay through the nose to charge on public charging networks. So can you...
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A-Z of best UK Electric Car deals
Our opinion of EV’s on sale in the UK scored from stars to lemons based both on their RRP price and based on the best discounts we can find. Electric car deals are now often cheaper than equivalent petrol or...
Renault 5 – A rapid ownership experience review
The new Renault 5 is a ridiculously stylish 5 door hatchback that has won awards and rave reviews. It’s good to drive, the list prices are very competitive and it can be very efficient. All sounds very good...
Unpacking a Renault 5 disaster video on Youtube
The new electric Renault 5 has won rave reviews. At the same time there is a whole genre of EV hating video’s produced to try and keep people driving fuel burning vehicles. Some wildly misrepresent or fabricate...
Making the case for releasing Scotland from UK electricity bills
In the UK we have an electricity network that receives lots of cheap wind and solar renewable power, and then delivers it to consumers and businesses at the price set by gas, the most expensive electricity source. Poor...
2024 Tesla Model 3 Highland compared to the 2019
So how does the 2424 Highland Model 3 compare to the 2019 original UK car. What is better? What is worse I’ve recently been revisiting in the Star Wars films in their official sequence and was reminded that before...
Going skiing in the French Alps by electric car
How will a 1,300 mile round trip in an electric car from the UK to Morzine in the French Alps go.. in winter crossing France largely at their 81mph speed limit in temperatures from 3c to minus 9c The plan. Day one...
Update-Why diesel trains need to be phased out
Global warming, new technology & new knowledge on the effects of air pollution are set to send fossil fuel diesel trains into the sidings CO2 from diesel fuel Replacing dirty diesel trains with emission free travel...
Pay less for EV charging
We’ve already done our A-Z of electric cars and the best deals in the UK but what can we do about the cost of EV charging? Well we’ve redone our UK charging cost survey in one simple graphic that will help...
Making a Heat pump cheaper than gas
At the moment in the UK it’s not necessarily a given that an air source heat pump will be cheaper than a gas boiler. On my standard tariff my electricity cost more than 4 times as much per kWh than gas. As a...
“Vantastic” #EVdeals on new Electric Vans
New Electric vans have a reputation for being expensive… but they don’t have to be. In fact some are cheaper to buy than the petrol or diesel RRP. There are some phenomenal deals to be had from dealer stock on...
What is a road trip from London to northern Scotland in an all electric Tesla Model 3 really like?
Some commentators still think electric cars will be impossible to take on a trip beyond a London postcode. We’ve just replaced Roland, our 2019 Model 3 Performance with a new model. Could Roland do longer trips...
Map of DC public charging network costs in the UK
24th February 2024 Charging Map Click to enlarge The new charging map on the left side shows the UK’s most expensive and luxurious electricity operators the the top in red. all the way down to the Tesla...
