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When will the hybrid battery in my BMW 5-series need...

Q. My hybrid BMW 5-series is three years old and has covered 12,000 miles. When will the hybrid battery require replacing? And is a swap covered under...
Published 24 August 2015
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Letters of the week, August 23

This week: community road maintenance, Clarkson and the MX-5, the definition of "accident" (literally), setting the road tax record straight, more...
Published 24 August 2015
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Letters of the week, August 16

This week: taxing historic vehicles, Operation Stack, collisions v accidents, overtaking on the left, lane hogging and the Jebel Hafeet road
Published 17 August 2015
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Letters of the week, August 9

This week: Ferrari 488 Spider, Operation Stack and undertaking
Published 10 August 2015

Driving Green: Homepage

It used to be so simple. When buying a car you’d select the body style you wanted, along with the colour and spec. Of course there was also the...
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