John Evans

Guildford

Freelance Editor and Writer at Freelance

Special Correspondent at Autocar

Freelance motoring and music journalist

Articles

Summer car events, venues and road trips you should try in 2025 | Autocar

6 days ago | buff.ly | John Evans

Close Now that you’ve got your used car for the summer, where are you going to take it? Fortunately, the UK is blessed with no end of excuses for a drive, ranging from must-see museums and events to must-tour roads. In recent years, they have been joined by a growing roster of weekend and weekday-evening pub meets and cars-and-coffee gatherings. A great source of information for these less well-publicised events is carevents.com, on which you can search by date, city and car event.
Summer car events, venues and road trips you should try in 2025 | Autocar

6 days ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Close Now that you’ve got your used car for the summer, where are you going to take it? Fortunately, the UK is blessed with no end of excuses for a drive, ranging from must-see museums and events to must-tour roads. In recent years, they have been joined by a growing roster of weekend and weekday-evening pub meets and cars-and-coffee gatherings. A great source of information for these less well-publicised events is carevents.com, on which you can search by date, city and car event.
Who needs a city car when you can rent a golf buggy? | Autocar

1 week ago | buff.ly | John Evans

Close Bus, bike and underground are just three of the ways you can travel around London – and now there’s another: golf cart. There are currently 10 of the yellow electric buggies, operated by Yo-Go and scurrying around Hammersmith and Fulham, as part of a trial launched in September 2024. The idea sounds bonkers, but once you’ve driven one, it soon makes sense. Each buggy can carry two people plus their luggage.
Who needs a city car when you can rent a golf buggy? | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Close Bus, bike and underground are just three of the ways you can travel around London – and now there’s another: golf cart. There are currently 10 of the yellow electric buggies, operated by Yo-Go and scurrying around Hammersmith and Fulham, as part of a trial launched in September 2024. The idea sounds bonkers, but once you’ve driven one, it soon makes sense. Each buggy can carry two people plus their luggage.
Tyre makers developing EV-specific rubber to boost ranges, minimise wear | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Enso’s new EV-specific tyres are marketed as such (although they can be used with other fuel types), but many new tyres coming to market today are touted by their makers as suitable for EVs, hybrids and even ICE vehicles. Chris Staincliffe, senior marketing manager at Micheldever, a leading tyre wholesaler, said: “The reason is that the EV tyre market is still small, so they would rather design a tyre for all applications.
New keyless car theft law 'won't stop the criminals'

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Close A new law intended to counter the UK’s rise in keyless car thefts won’t solve the problem, a leading figure in vehicle security has said. Last year, more than 61,343 vehicles were reported stolen, the third-highest figure in the past decade and double the 2015 total. And around 40% of those were stolen without their keys, by methods including relay attack, which tricks a car into believing the owner’s key is present.
This is how the UK is trying to become an EV battery powerhouse | Autocar

2 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

The UK’s ambition to become a major centre of EV battery manufacture is one step closer as work begins on its first integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and refining facility that is capable of producing the key ingredients of battery cells on an industrial scale. The new plant in Plymouth is the penultimate stage in British company Altilium’s four-part plan, which will culminate in the creation of a refinery on Teesside.
Summer used car bargains

2 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Glorious sky, a good road and a great car… We can all dream, but this guide aims to inspire action with a choice of used cars perfect for summer motoring. From traditional sports cars and grand tourers to fun cars and even 4x4s for when the road runs out, we’ve got ’em all. We’ve also taken a look at the cars in which you can crash out when the hotels are booked up, or when you just feel like going no further.
Quarter of motorists unhappy with driver assistance systems | Autocar

3 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Not all dealers are happy, though. “It’s not our place to do this,” the owner of a used car dealership told Autocar. “To say we must ‘train’ customers to understand their car’s ADAS features could make us liable in the event that one of them has an accident. To also require us to do this at the car’s handover, when the customer has so much else to absorb, is unrealistic.”Fennell insists that members are only required to give guidance.
Cost and complexity of EVs puts independent rental firms at risk of closure | Autocar

1 month ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Kendall’s experience of rental EVs raises other issues. Like many independent rental firms, his company buys its cars new for cash and the aim is to resell them later for a good price. But that’s not possible with EVs, he said: “We can get good discounts on new electric cars – a lot more than for the petrol and diesel vehicles we also buy – but they lose a lot of money very quickly.