Llewellyn Plugs In: It’s official – the National Grid loves electric cars

As I have said many times, one of the things that happens when you first drive an electric car is you ask yourself, "Where does the electricity come from?" Obviously this is after you have had a massive, overwhelming panic attack caused by range anxiety because that’s what you’ve been told you’ll experience by legions of dull motoring journalists and the Daily Mail, oh, and Fox News and Sky and the BBC.
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By Robert Llewellyn May 6, 2012 5:29 PM

James Allen on EV: Vauxhall Ampera

James get's behind the wheel of the Vauxhall Ampera, Car of the Year 2012 and flagship of the British company's EV revolution

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By James Allen May 6, 2012 10:28 AM

Llewellyn Plugs In: thought-provoking fun with the Sceptics

I am starting to understand more and more why people are scared and sometimes angry about electric cars. They throw the existing model up in the air and then kick the living daylights out of it.
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By Robert Llewellyn April 29, 2012 11:36 AM

Electric vehicle workplace charging: a taxing issue?

It’s a question I hear a lot these days; ‘where do we stand with charging cars at work’. It seems that both employers and drivers/ employees remain a little unclear on what regulations apply and how HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) would view the provision of charging facilities at places of work.
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By Steve Large April 26, 2012 11:30 AM

The Conway Column: Chevrolet Volt driven (a bit quickly)

"The only way to push a Volt harder than this would be to drive it off a cliff, a stunt that I wouldn’t put past my trousers-on-fire co-pilot."

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By Gavin Conway April 20, 2012 10:21 AM