Driving Toyota’s first electric car — we’re going to ignore the limited-run RAV4 EV from 1997 — should be a big deal. It’s ignored the electric car market for years, focusing on hybrids to deliver huge efficiency improvements, but 12 years after the Nissan Leaf arrived, Toyota has finally capitulated and launched the bZ4X.Continue Reading

I’m standing outside the Carbon Recycling International plant in Iceland, being told that if there is a volcanic eruption, we must make our way calmly to the car park. The ground has been rumbling for a few weeks, and there’s tension amongst the locals, which is unusual as a bit of shaking is daily life on the Reykjanes Peninsula, just 20 miles from Reykjavik. I check where the keys to my Mazda MX-30 are and make sure I know which way the exits are.Continue Reading

The Renault Voiturette 1CV was the first car that Louis Renault sold, way back in 1898, and he built his car company from there. It’s since democratised the automotive world many times, bringing motoring to the reach of the masses successfully, time and time again, with everything from the firstContinue Reading

The world is moving to an electric future, but not everybody is ready for that yet. With backing from Chinese behemoth Geely, Volvo is pushing forward, introducing a relatively low-cost electric model, the EX30, that undercuts even this, the entry-level XC40 B3 compact SUV.Continue Reading