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A wide bank of charging bays beneath a metal canopy in a large retail park car park.

News3 min · 13 Aug

Ultra-rapid charging sites keep getting bigger

Multi-bay hubs are replacing single units at motorway sites. Bay count matters more to you than headline power.

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News3 min · 12 Aug

Charging network pricing moves again

Rapid rates continue to move with wholesale energy. The spread between the cheapest and dearest network is wider than most drivers assume.

A row of high-power rapid charging bays at a motorway service area at dusk, canopy lights reflecting on wet tarmac.

Charging14 min · 9 Aug

Every UK rapid network, ranked by real cost per mile

Headline pence-per-kWh hides session fees, idle charges and minimum spends. We normalised the lot into one comparable number.

A compact electric city car parked in a tight urban space between two brick buildings.

Cars7 min · 8 Aug

Buying an EV without a driveway: is it worth it?

Sometimes yes, sometimes genuinely not. It depends almost entirely on your mileage and what charging you can reach.

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News3 min · 8 Aug

Ofgem moves the price cap — what it means for EV drivers

Standard-rate home charging shifts slightly. Dedicated off-peak EV tariffs sit outside the cap and are unaffected.

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Costs11 min · 7 Aug

The £7 fill-up, and why most drivers never get it

An off-peak tariff turns a full charge into about £6 of electricity. The same charge on a motorway rapid costs nearly ten times that. Almost nothing about the car changes the answer.

A charging post beside a canal-side urban car park at blue hour, with city buildings reflected in the water.

News3 min · 6 Aug

UK public chargepoints pass a new milestone

Connector numbers keep climbing, but the useful figure is rapid connectors per site, not the national total.

A modest electric hatchback parked on a quiet residential street in soft morning light.

Cars11 min · 5 Aug

The best electric cars under £30,000

The sub-£30k bracket finally has real choice. Which of these hold up once you look past the headline range figure.

A car being loaded onto a transporter at a dealership forecourt at dusk.

Ownership6 min · 4 Aug

Selling an EV: what actually protects the price

Battery evidence is the differentiator. Two identical cars sell for different money when only one can prove its pack is healthy.

Close-up of a car interior air vent and climate control panel in charcoal textured materials.

Cars5 min · 2 Aug

Should you buy an EV with a heat pump?

In our winter testing it was the single strongest predictor of how much range a car kept. If you drive through cold winters, treat it as a specification, not an option.

A single empty rapid charging bay marked out in road paint, with a long shadow from the charging post.

Charging4 min · 31 Jul

Idle fees explained, and how to never pay one

They look like a penalty and they are, but the thing they penalise is genuinely antisocial. They are also completely avoidable.

Close-up of an electric vehicle charging connector plugged into a car's charge port, with water droplets on the surrounding paintwork.

Tech8 min · 31 Jul

CCS, NACS and Type 2 — what actually plugs into what

Three connectors, two continents and a standards migration in progress. What fits your car, and the adapters worth owning.

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