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To work out how much vehicle excise duty (commonly referred to as car tax or road tax) you will pay for your car from 1 April 2017, you need to know how much CO2 it emits. You can find this on your vehicle’s V5C registration certificate (log book) or new keeper details section (V5C/2). VED vehicle duty tax bands 2017 (petrol & diesel...

With a capacity of 300, the latest bus unveiled by Volvo is world’s largest and promises a seat for every passenger. The Gran Artic 300 is bi-articulated – its three sections measuring a total of 30 metres in length. The vehicles are so long that they require their own dedicated lanes. Dubbed bus rapid transit (BRT), the giant vehicles...

The beauty of cycling is that it’s a simple pleasure – a bike can be bought for very little and you don’t need a licence or any specialist equipment. Unlike drivers, cyclists are not obliged to buy cycle insurance, but that’s not to say it isn’t a good idea to have it. At its most basic, cycle insurance protects against theft. In fact, if...

Last week was a long one for transport minister, Chris Grayling. Days after complaining to Cycling Weekly that cycle lanes in London “cause too much of a problem for road users”, he opened the door of his ministerial Land Rover into the path of a cyclist. Grayling sent regular cyclist Jaiqi Liu flying into a lamppost only yards from the...

A watch that doubles up as a smart handlebar-mounted computer has been launched by a group of Swiss cycling enthusiasts. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] The Moskito is an analogue tachometer that displays current speed, distance travelled and average speed. After your ride you can easily upload your data to Strava or Garmin Connect....

Mercedes has once again topped the list of Europe’s car fuel economy cheats, according to a report by transport lobby group T&E. The worst offenders are the Mercedes A and E class which guzzle an average of 56 per cent more fuel on the road than is claimed in the sales brochure. Car emissions scandal Fuel efficiency tests are carried...

Punctures are an unfortunate fact of life on two wheels, so anything that makes them easier to fix is just fine by us. The Air Lever claims to be the first combined CO2 inflator and tyre lever. The diminutive size of the Air Lever kit means you can carry a spare tube and everything required to quickly replace it at the side of the road in a...

The production and use of biodiesel produces less carbon dioxide than fossil fuels. Well, that’s the theory, and it's the reason the diesel you fill your car with contains around 5 per cent of the stuff. However, the calculation of how much carbon dioxide produced by burning the fuel in your car is a complex process that's dependent on how...

A YouGov poll we commissioned reveals that 93% of Brits know how to cycle, but more than half have not turned a pedal in more than a year. Almost one in three has not ridden a bike in a decade or more. Back on a Bike is our answer. It's the name of our outreach programme to promote cycling to people of all ages. This year we are proud to...

New supercapacitor technology developed by Surrey University promises to make electric cars quicker to recharge than conventional cars take to fill with petrol. Supercapacitors can accept and deliver a charge much faster than batteries, and tolerate many more charge and discharge cycles than rechargeable batteries. These qualities plus...