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Changes to vehicle excise duty in 2017 mean motorists who choose to drive gas guzzlers and who currently pay up to £500 per year, will save over £350 per year on the charge, which is commonly referred to as road tax. The most polluting cars will pay £375 less compared to this year's rates. In yet another, and arguably retrograde, reform of...

As the current crop of electric cars struggle to extend their range towards 200 miles, a new American-built electric trike boasts an autonomy of 300 miles. The Odyssey electric trike is too powerful to be considered a cycle in law in Britain, but it offers a tantalizing glimpse of the performance and range...

If you are in or around London this week, see the Riversimple Rasa at the London Motor Show in Battersea from Friday 6th – Sunday 8th May, where it has been given star billing. The groundbreaking hydrogen-fuelled car redefines personal transport in our age of increasing population and diminishing natural resources. The Rasa is a hydrogen...

The sun is here and with it the lure of a life under canvas. A resurgence of interest in camping has spawned a host of weird and wonderful tents. The tent that thinks it's a tree house Roomoon is a spherical tent made from a a stainless steel frame and durable handmade canvas cover. The 1.8 metre-wide cocoon, pictured above, boasts its own...

Following the lead set by London, plans are underway for cashless bus travel across Britain; a move that looks set to leave vulnerable passengers stranded. Britain’s biggest bus operators including Stagecoach, National Express and Arriva look set to follow London and withdraw of the option of paying with cash by introducing ‘tap-and-pay’...

There's nothing like a motorcycle tour with your mates to make you feel young again, but family and financial commitments can mean it stays a pipe dream - unless you know how to do it on a shoestring. The first lesson is you can tour on anything. Ewan McGregor deserves credit for making motorcycle touring fashionable again, but his exploits...

You are bound to feel trepidation when flying with your bicycle, but there are ways to minimize the chance of it being damaged in the hold. Flying with your bicycle First things first. You face a choice over how to package bicycle: Cardboard box, bag or rigid plastic case. A cardboard box is cheap and recyclable, but unless you spray the...

A competent cyclist uses a combination of good road positioning, observation and hand signals to command the road, but these are skills that take time to acquire. Seeking to give novice riders extra confidence is an Australian start-up that has designed cycling gloves with indicators built in . beSEENS feature motion detection, which means...

If the Ikea bicycle launched this summer has the same effect on our transport habits as the furniture giant has had on the interior design of British homes then we could be in store for a Swedish-inspired cycling revolution. The low-maintenance, unisex Sladda bike features a sleek appearance, belt drive and a ‘click system’ that allows...

Almost 70 years after Rover built the world’s first jet powered car, Chinese engineering company Techrules has unveiled its Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) technology - a range extender system that uses a micro-turbine to charge a battery pack, which in turn powers the motors driving the wheels. The technology is said to offer...