Focus on electric car chargers

THE CHANCES ARE that if you drive a petrol or diesel car and find that you need more fuel part-way through a long journey, you don’t give it much thought, because you know you’ll be able to locate a s

Three years ago, Nissan celebrated building 250,000 Leafs at its Sunderland plant by using one to power a giant Christmas tree, complete with reindeer, outside the factory. There was snow (real, not f

Dray House, Dyrham, near Bath, Gloucestershire. A detached family home next to the historic grounds of Dyrham Park. It has a terrace with pizza oven, an electric-car charging point, and a wooded area

The UK government’s new pay-per-mile tax on electric cars will also apply to plug-in hybrid cars, chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in her long-awaited Autumn Budget. The new charge is set to cost an

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves unveiled her plans for the nation’s finances in the Autumn Budget in late November. While it’s easy to switch off from all the Whitehall drama – and after the last few years,