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Regenerative braking is the technique of energy recovery which slows a vehicle, in our case a road car, by converting its kinetic energy into an energy form that can either be used immediately, or stored until needed. An electric generator…
Much of the acrimony surrounding official fuel consumption figures over the years has related to them being derived from static laboratory testing, and not from any real life on-road testing, Now that the new RDE (Real Driving Emissions) testing is…
Dear Doctor, My son says that I am murdering my car’s engine (2.2 non-DPF) 148bhp Toyota Avensis D-4D 2010 6-speed) by driving using far too few revs. I change up as soon as possible and try to maintain as high…
Hi there Doctor. Please could you enlighten me as to how the new cars under the new Euro ratings listed are considered clean, based on their carbon dioxide ratings? Here are a few examples: BMW X7 ñ 171, Volvo V60…
Hello Doctor. It would seem that there’s no escaping the fact that diesel power is in for something of a rough time over the next few years, and we must wonder in what form it may survive, both in private…
Hi Doc, Just to cover something different. There’s a main road into the village in which I live which was once the only road, but there is now a by-pass. The local police do some speed checks in the village,…
For all the advances in automotive technology, the modern motor car remains all at sea when faced with a stretch of water. Examples of amphibious cars do exist ñ the German Amphicar is the first aquatic automobile that swims to…
It’s one of the great British icons, but what is it like to own and live with a London bus? Classic vehicle enthusiasts are notorious for having drunken late-night eBay binges and ending up with something barmy like a Sherman tank…
Regular readers of this column may remember that I have said in the past that the market for electric cars would probably have two separate take-off points ñ one, a surge in demand as large numbers of buyers start to…