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A selection of EVs - by the Octopus Energy Group

Customers stick with stop-gap models

Badge snobs may be a dying breed if data from a leading electric car leasing firm is anything to go by.
Published 08 July 2022
Shell oil refinery

Shell profits as motorists shell out

The petroleum company Shell has announced that it expects profits from its refining business to jump by as much as $1.2bn.
Published 08 July 2022
Tesla creates Model 3 emergency response car for police trials

Police EVs 'running out of puff'

Police officers driving electric vehicles are struggling to fulfil their duties and respond to incidents because their cars “run out of puff”...
Published 06 July 2022
Experts worry of inflated petrol prices over lockdown

Petrol price rises explained

Fuel prices in the UK are higher than they’ve ever been before, with the average price for a litre of petrol hitting 191.5p over the weekend.
Published 05 July 2022
What is F1 Halo, when it was introduced and how does it save lives?

F1 Halo explained

The Halo prevents large objects and debris from entering the cockpit of a single-seat racing car. Here’s how it works.
Published 05 July 2022
Petrol price protest UK

Fuel protesters target motorways

Police have warned of “serious disruption” and “significant delays” as demonstrators this morning took to motorways up and down Britain.
Published 04 July 2022
Sebastian Vettel will drive eco-friendly ex-Mansell Williams F1 car ahead of British GP

Vettel will drive eco-friendly ex-Mansell F1

F1 driver Sebastian Vettel will take to the Silverstone circuit on Sunday in the car with which Nigel Mansell won the British Grand Prix.
Published 01 July 2022
Bloodhound LSR project still alive and now aiming for first carbon zero land seed record

Bloodhound SSC project is alive, and going green

A cat may have nine lives but one dog is proving just as resistant to death: the Bloodhound project is still "very much alive", and going green.
Published 01 July 2022
I ran the grid girls off the F1 track — interview with Ellie Norman, F1’s first female executive

Ex F1-boss Ecclestone defends Putin

Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has said that he would “take a bullet” for the Russian premier, Vladimir Putin.
Published 30 June 2022
Citroën ë-C4 X

Electric Citroën C4 X revealed

Citroën has announced a new fastback crossover, the electric-only C4 X, to sit in its range between the C4 and the C5 X.
Published 29 June 2022
Volkswagen ID. Aero

VW ID. Aero saloon concept revealed

Volkswagen has unveiled the ID. Aero concept, a vehicle that previews the company’s first all-electric saloon due to begin production in 2023.
Published 27 June 2022
Five fastest ever Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb times

Top 5 fastest ever Goodwood hillclimb times

Many a car has set a hill climb time at Goodwood. Few, though, can hold a candle to these five blisteringly fast runs.
Published 27 June 2022