How much of a fire risk are electric vehicles?
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How much of a fire risk are electric vehicles?

We look at why EV fires are so hard to extinguish, how fire services are handling it and how to minimise risks

1 April 2025
How much of a fire risk are electric vehicles?
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The biggest flops in automotive history

Join Autocar for a look at all the cars that failed to live up to great expectations

1 April 2025
The biggest flops in automotive history
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How Jim Rowan made Volvo a software company that builds cars

Rowan has stepped down as CEO; in his final major interview he explains the "Darwinian event" facing car makers

31 March 2025
How Jim Rowan made Volvo a software company that builds cars
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10 cars that robbed others of their glory

The real pioneers in the car world are often airbrushed out of history and replaced by successful imitators

31 March 2025
10 cars that robbed others of their glory
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Germany’s most unusual car designs

A look at some of the most intriguing models to ever come from Germany

30 March 2025
Germany’s most unusual car designs
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AGTZ invokes an old car without actually being based on one
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Why Zagato and Touring see a bright future for coachbuilding

Italy’s famous coachbuilders aren’t worried about new technology and changing tastes

29 March 2025
Why Zagato and Touring see a bright future for coachbuilding
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Small batteries and austere power outputs mean the Spring and T03 are best suited to town
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Dacia Spring vs Leapmotor T03: UK's cheapest EVs face off

The Spring is widely regarded as the value champion but China's Leapmotor is here to fight it – which is better?

29 March 2025
Dacia Spring vs Leapmotor T03: UK's cheapest EVs face off
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Ranked: the largest engine made by every major car company

All things come to an end eventually, but personal transport powered by internal combustion engines will still be with us for a few years yet.

29 March 2025
Ranked: the largest engine made by every major car company

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