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Gavin has been writing about cars and the industry for nearly 20 years. He started out on Autocar magazine as a road tester (where he currently holds the record for the most spontaneous car fires), then features editor and eventually deputy editor.

Satisfying his taste for classics, Gavin did a stint as editor of Classic & Sportscar. Freelancing followed, with Gavin writing for a wide range of motoring titles – he has been writing for The Sunday Times for over a decade now, even during his three-year posting as editor of Channel 4’s motoring site 4Car.

Gavin also took a year out to edit Automobile magazine in America before returning to the UK. And he believes now is the most fascinating moment for decades, with EVs being at the heart of the action.

Articles by Gavin Conway

  • Renault announces electric vehicle UK roadshow

    From next Friday, 8 June, Renault will be bringing an electric vehicle roadshow to cities all over the UK. The idea is to give people the chance to drive the French company’s ‘Z.E.’ range of pure-electric vehicles, including the Twizy, Kangoo Van Z.E. and Fluence Z.E.
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    By Gavin Conway June 4, 2012 1:40 PM

  • Stark pure-electric offroader aims for North America

    Of all the applications for electric powertrains, an offroader isn’t the first thing we’d think of. But then again, massive electric torque for rock-hopping and the relatively low speed requirements of a mudplugger begin to make the concept of electrification seem more logical. At least, that’s the fervent hope of TAC Motors, who are looking to build a pure-electric version of their Stark small offroader.
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    By Gavin Conway June 1, 2012 3:58 PM

  • The Conway Column: an unlikely electric car convert

    Steve Sutcliffe, Autocar’s handiest wheelman, falls for Vauxhall Ampera.


     

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    By Gavin Conway May 30, 2012 2:39 PM

  • Tesla opens first Apple-style store on U.S. east coast

    Electric carmaker Tesla Motors is opening more stores ahead of deliveries of its high performance Model S five-seater (plus two optional kid-sized seats in the back) pure-electric luxury car. The launch of the latest store at the Westchester shopping centre in White Plains, New York brings to 22 the number of worldwide stores owned by the company.
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    By Gavin Conway May 29, 2012 4:57 PM

  • Batteries implicated in fatal China EV taxi crash

    A horrific crash in Shenzhen involving a drunk-driver in a Nissan GT-R supercar, an electric taxi made by BYD and a third, petrol-powered taxi has claimed the lives of three people. They were the two female passengers and the driver of the BYD e6 electric taxi, reports the South China Morning Post. BYD has now issued a statement on the accident.
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    By Gavin Conway May 29, 2012 12:27 PM