What with the ULEZ wars and Rishi Sunak’s amendments to Net Zero policy, electric cars (EVs) are back in the spotlight. And that got us thinking that we hadn’t looked at the EV issue since… well, forever. In fact, the last time we dived into anything to do with EVs, we were still spending our… read more
There’s such a lot to dislike about parking machines. They regularly break. They give incomprehensible instructions. Some of them still only take coins. But does that mean we would be better off without them? A lot of organisations seem to think so. From London to Somerset, parking machines are being removed in favour of app-based… read more
Last time, we looked at that rarest of automotive breeds, the cars that reached one million miles on the same engine. What quickly became apparent is that getting to a million miles isn’t all about buying the right marque. That’s not to say that some brands aren’t consistently more reliable than others – it’s just… read more
How long do you expect your current car to last before it has to be scrapped? 200,000 miles? 300,000? Maybe you’re thinking too small, because it turns out that more than a few cars have made it past the million mile marker. So, in this two-parter, we’ll be looking into what cars have succeeded in… read more
Last time, we looked at why fuel prices have (thankfully!) come back down from the record levels seen last summer. In Part Two, we’ll tackle a much trickier question…what’s coming next for fuel prices? Let’s dive straight into four things that will be influencing your filling-up costs. 1. OPEC+ What OPEC (the Organisation of the… read more
As the UK’s economic gloom train thunders on, here’s one bit of good news: petrol and diesel prices have finally come down a bit. The big question is, what’s next? Is this just a blip before prices rocket up again… or can we cautiously wave goodbye to last year’s craziness? In this two-parter, we’ll do… read more
What, you didn’t check Part One of this article? Then we gently encourage you to do so, but if you’re really too busy, here’s the TL;DR: Recent news stories have reported that drivers could soon face sleep-deprivation blood tests (more on that in a bit). It turns out that driving with even modest sleep deprivation… read more
A few weeks back, we saw a bunch of news stories suggesting that roadside blood tests for sleepiness were on the way. Here’s one from the RAC, for example, and another from The Independent. Actually, the story turns out to be a bit of a nothing-burger. All it amounts to is that there’s some promising… read more
Last time, we told you what the state of play is on Cardiff’s proposed congestion charges. The short version is that there’s a consultation in progress, nothing’s decided, but the talk is of charges for both residents and visitors, though the former might be subsidised. This time, we’ll have a go at summarising why a… read more
Low emission zones are springing up around the UK like mushrooms. In addition to London, clean air zones have already been introduced in cities from Bath to Portsmouth, Birmingham to Glasgow, with plenty of additional councils running feasibility studies and what-have-you. And one city on that list is home to plenty of WVS’s customers —… read more
