How to build your own electric car for £10,000

During the week, Tom Cheesewright advises the likes of Nasa. Weekends, though, are more down to earth: scavenging car breakers’ yards and trawling the internet looking for discarded first-generation hybrid electric car parts. It’s because he’s building an electric vehicle (EV) on his drive in a Manchester suburb, and fabricating parts for it in a … Read more

How to avoid being caught out by EV range

To that end, we usually recommend that buyers expect to achieve somewhere between 70 and 80 per cent of the advertised WLTP range, depending on the weather conditions – a rule of thumb that’s been borne out by these latest test results. If you’ve already switched to an electric car, you will probably be aware … Read more

Booking your summer holidays? Here’s how to travel more sustainably as a family

Worried about your travel footprint? Here’s how to reduce the impact of your family holidays. ADVERTISEMENT Sarah Faith is a content and values writer at activist travel company, Responsible Travel. Last year we drove to France with friends. They took their electric car, arrived three hours late and had to deal with two tired children … Read more