A ‘snapshot’, some figures and lots of abbreviations We regularly read that the electric vehicle (EV) is the future of motoring, and indeed it probably is for the decade beyond 2030. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reports that 23.4% of new car registrations in 2025 were Battery

Following the live webinar event mentioned in the previous blog post, are we now able to answer that question? Before looking at how the webinar tackled the question, here is an unambiguous quote on the role of hybrids that appeared in the Sunday Times magazine on 20 October this year:

Hybrid cars regularly make the news these days. The government seems to treat them differently from internal combustion engine cars when it comes to road tax and the deadline to end production. Then there are terms like mild-hybrids and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, what is the best option, what are

In the late 1800s the world’s largest cities were anxious about the threat from pollution associated with their transport systems. Just like today, pollution from personal transport and that resulting from businesses transporting goods from out-of-town railway terminals to the city centre, was making predictions of catastrophic environmental impact a

In Part 1 of this post, we discussed the environmental trade-offs of retaining or replacing a petrol or diesel car based on the lifetime CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions incurred during manufacture, use and scrappage of that car. Now it’s time to consider how a battery electric car fares when subjected to

For this post we are, of course, talking about ‘Green’ in the environmental sense – not Emerald Green, Leaf Green or even British Racing Green! According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), of the 2,311,140 new cars purchased in the UK in 2019, just over 90% were

Continuing with our series of significant objects in the history of motoring, this latest object is really a bit of a ‘no-brainer’! Vehicle technology has been dominated by the next object: the internal combustion engine. It became successful because it proved to be dependable, convenient and affordable. There was also

The impact of 150 years of motoring on our environment is a subject that has been addressed in every issue of the museum’s website research notes since their creation 6 years ago. The latest issue, “The Direction of Travel”, is now in ebook format. Atmospheric pollution from a cocktail of car