I have always been enthralled by electricity in our homes. It’s immediacy, efficiency, and cleanliness. No smell, no mess. Obviously, the actual impact it has a lot to do with how it is…
Double down on innovation
With so much talk on the economy and the challenges of a post pandemic recovery I would like to use an example close to home, well to me anyway, in terms of…
New year, new electricity
I have joined the early adopters in parking my love of petrol and everything engine related and gone electric. Well partly. Having written before about my love of the hybrid e-bike I…
Killing Marketing
I read with interest the news that Volvo will be limiting all their cars to 112mph (180 kph) in a bid to reduce road deaths. We are told this is due to…
Electric goes mainstream
With Elon Musk in the papers for all the wrong reasons it looks like Tesla is going to get its stiffest competition over the coming months as some of the mainstream manufactures…
Ariel demonstrates the genius of UK engineering
Last week I was super excited to learn that Ariel Motors, designers of the exoskeleton car known as the Atom, are designing and building a new hyper car – the Hipercar! Built…
Government needs to understand the facts on pollution
I have been reading with interest the developments this year in relation to car emissions, specifically, but also the continuing development of Dieselgate (VW’s emission scam). What I find so interesting is…
Pocket Rocket
To break my six month sabbatical from the blog I wanted to talk about my new toy which arrived the day before my birthday in December. I have spoken about it before…
No such thing as too much power
I had a very enjoyable weekend recently with my wife and daughter down on the south coast in Salcombe and even managed to see the sun for part of it. A three…
Is less more?
This isn’t a blog about the EU referendum although I am sure the title could work… No this piece is about my favourite subject, automobiles. Recently I joined a new pilot with…
Driving addiction
With the march towards autonomous driving and the electrification of the car the ability for a petrol head to really enjoy a day behind the wheel can be fraught with frustration. Most…
Emission scandal – the death of VW?
As an avid fan of the VW group and the cars they develop I have been interested in the emission scandal, which is again in the press today as VW reports a…
The future is electric
Previously I have written about the advancements in electric cars, notably the Golf GTE which combines electric power and a petrol engine in a classic hybrid format. I felt it ticked many…
The pinnacle of combustion
I recently got a call out of the blue from Rolls Royce asking if I might like to borrow one of their new Wraiths for a weekend. No strings, no catches, just…
Geneva Motor Show
As a petrol head one of the big events of the year has to be the Geneva Motor Show. Every year though I usually realise when it is too late or just…