Tag: money
EV Charging at Friends' Homes: Time to Settle the Bill?
With over 1.4million electric vehicles already on our roads and around 450,000 new battery cars being snapped up in 2025, a major question remains over etiquette when visiting friends and family...
After Budget bombshell of pay-per-mile tax on electric cars, ROB HULL asks: does the Government actually want us to buy EVs?
We shouldn't be surprised by the Chancellor's tax on electric cars - this Government has been deploying a 'giveth with one hand and taketh with the other' approach to EVs for 18 months.
Four-in-five motorists want cars to be fitted with breathalysers to crackdown on drink-drivers
Some 82% of licence holders surveyed by the RAC said they want alcohol interlocks fitted to cars to tackle drink-driving reoffenders.
Car sharing firm Zipcar to close operations in the UK by the end of the year
Zipcar has announced plans to close its operations in the UK by the end of the year, it said today.
Pay-per-mile tax on EVs will trigger petrol car rationing and force prices higher, dealership boss warns
Robert Forrester, boss at Vertu Motors, says the Chancellor's EV tax raid will be a hammer blow to demand and force brands to restrict the number of petrol cars they bring into the country.
'I wish I'd never bought an EV': Drivers' fury at new pay-per-mile tax that forces them to report to MOT stations every year
Rachel Reeves used her Budget to confirm the Treasury's controversial road pricing plans in order to claw back lost fuel duty revenue as a result of drivers moving to EVs.
Electric car owners will now have to pay twice to drive abroad under Labour's new pay-per-mile scheme
Motorists with EVs will also have to organise annual MOT-style checks on brand-new cars under plans announced by the Chancellor.
British car production plunges to a 70-year low after crippling cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover
Just over 59,000 vehicles rolled off production lines in October, down 23.8% on a year earlier, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Chinese car maker sticks the boot into Rachel Reeves' EV pay-per-mile sting with 'Tax Rebate' deal
The 'EV Tax Rebate' offer is available for two of its electric cars in an effort to counter the new eVED pay-per-mile EV tax raid announced by the Chancellor in the Budget.
'Only a matter of time before dazzling car LED headlights cause fatal crashes', top eye surgeon warns
The stark warning from ophthalmic surgeon Dr Romesh Angunawela is in response to Government-funded research that found that 96% per cent of drivers feel headlights are too bright.
Is pay-per-mile tax on EVs a good move and will it be rolled out to petrol cars too? Road pricing expert Edmund King casts his verdict
Edmund King, OBE, isn't just the president of the AA; he's the co-creator of the 'Road Miles' scheme - a fairer take on pay-per-mile. He gives his verdict on the Government's eVED plans.
RAY MASSEY: Ford Transit turns 60 and it's as fun as ever
The first van left the production line at the company's commercial vehicle factory in Langley, Berkshire, on August 9, 1965 - before going on sale that October, priced from £542.
Five major flaws of the pay-per-mile tax on EVs: Motoring editor ROB HULL on the Budget bombshell
Having scrutinised the consultation document on eVED, I've identified five huge problems the Government faces when it intends to levy pay-per-mile taxation on EVs from 2028...
Why motoring experts say this may be the best time EVER to buy a used electric car - and the bargains on offer
Electric vehicle prices have been falling for three years, but they have just started to stabilise and, in some cases, are starting to creep up again.
Fuel duty frozen and 5p cut extended as Chancellor spares drivers for now - but 'staged hikes' will come from September
Fuel duty will remain frozen for a 15th consecutive year and the 'temporary' 5p cut to the tax on petrol and diesel will be extended.
