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Rise in fatal and serious accidents for cyclists and...

Cyclists and motorcyclists remain the most vulnerable road users, according to the latest road casualty figures released by the Department for Transport
Published 06 August 2015
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Driving Green: Are electric cars expensive to insure?

When you buy car insurance, two key factors determine your premium: the type of car and your personal circumstances. So it's not just how safe the...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: How much is road tax for "green" cars?

For several years any car rated below 100g/km of CO2 has attracted a zero rate of vehicle excise duty (VED), or road tax...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: The truth about real-world mpg and fuel...

Go onto pretty much any car owners’ forum and you’ll find complaints about how it’s impossible to achieve the official fuel consumption figures...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: Electric car UK public charging point...

How to find a public charging point for your plug-in car...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: Top five plug-in hybrids and E-REVs

A pure electric car is a big investment to make, and it’s not a sound one if your travel patterns are unpredictable with this being your only transport...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: Top five electric cars

It's not that long since there weren’t five electric cars to choose from – and certainly not five genuinely decent models worth investing your...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: What are hydrogen fuel cell vehicles?

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, and when it’s burned the only by-product is water vapour. So wouldn’t it be great if...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: What are biofuels?

All fuels are a cocktail of chemicals. Creating the perfect fuel is always a compromise as there are so many demands to be accommodated...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: Whatever happened to LPG (liquid petroleum...

At the turn of the 21st century, it seemed that we were all going to be converting to Liquid Petroleum Gas, or LPG...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: What are extended-range electric vehicles...

An E-REV, or Extended-Range Electric Vehicle, offers all of the benefits of a plug-in hybrid, but with the promise of even greater efficiency...
Published 05 August 2015
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Driving Green: What are plug-in hybrid cars?

The problem with conventional hybrids is that they rely largely on an internal combustion engine for motive power...
Published 05 August 2015