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EV Charging VAT Cuts Reveal a Policy Being Made Backwards

Reports of a VAT cut on public EV charging feel less like progress and more like a late correction to the confusion created by pay-per-mile policy

Reports that the Government is preparing to cut VAT on public EV charging should be welcome news. Yet the timing tells a more troubling story. This move appears less like a long-planned correction and more like a hurried response to the growing unease around pay-per-mile road pricing, exposing an EV transition increasingly driven by reaction rather than strategy.

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15 Classic Cars to Buy in 2026 – Backed by Data, Chosen by Desire

10 from the just-released UK Hagerty BullMarket List, 11 from the US Hagerty BullMarket List Plus Four of my own choices!

Every year, the classic car world gives us something incredibly valuable: perspective. Market data. Trend analysis. Long-term insights. Carefully curated Bull Market lists that track what’s rising, what’s stabilising, and where enthusiasm is quietly building long before prices make headlines. Organisations like Hagerty don’t just look at values, they study behaviour, demographics, cultural shifts, and how people actually use and enjoy their cars. That work matters. A lot.

It gives enthusiasts and buyers a clearer picture of where the classic car world is heading, not just where it’s been. It helps cut through hype, spot patterns early, and understand why certain cars are being reappraised by a new generation of owners. This video builds directly on that foundation.

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Driving Has Changed in 2026 – The New Rules You Need To Know About!

The New UK Rules That Quietly Caught Drivers Out and changes and revisions are rolled out

For years, the way driving laws changed in the UK followed a familiar pattern. Big announcements. Lots of noise. Plenty of time to prepare. 2026 feels different. This time, driving hasn’t changed with a bang. It’s changed with admin. With enforcement tweaks. With quiet rule changes that most drivers only notice once something goes wrong. And that’s the uncomfortable truth.

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Driverless Chaos, Insurance Mortgages & Other Car Predictions for 2026

Cars that drive themselves, insurance that costs more than the car, and progress that appears to have misplaced the steering wheel – welcome to 2026

The future has arrived. Not with a heroic fanfare or a cinematic fly-through of a gleaming metropolis, but more like a confused relative turning up late to Christmas dinner wearing mismatched socks and asking if anyone’s got the Wi-Fi password. Because the trouble with the future is this: it never arrives the way the sci-fi promised. There are no flying cars. No elegant solutions. No perfectly optimised utopia. Instead, we’ve been handed a series of half-finished ideas, each more complicated than the last, and told they’re all part of a journey.

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2026 Is the Real Deadline: Why Cool Petrol Cars Are Dying Now (Not in 2030)

Everyone’s watching 2030, but it’s Euro 7, GSR2 and new rules that are quietly killing off cool petrol cars years earlier

For years now, motorists have been told the same soothing bedtime story: “Don’t worry. You’ve got until 2030.”

Plenty of time, apparently. Time to save. Time to decide. Time to enjoy one last glorious petrol-powered hurrah before the lights go out and the chargers take over. Except… that story is nonsense.

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Exclusive BrownCarGuy Giveaway – Buy My Books & Win These!

Some things money just can’t buy

Like these stunning, limited-edition BrownCarGuy keyrings and lapel pin badges – beautifully crafted, with gold-tone finishes, smooth contours, and unmistakable petrolhead presence. Custom-made by my brilliant friends and sponsors at Design5IT.co.uk, these shiny collectibles are everything I love – cool, car-themed, and totally exclusive.

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The Great CEO Reshuffle: Why Car Bosses Are Quietly Hitting the Brakes

Car CEOs were replaced in 2025 – and it wasn’t because the industry is winning

Something significant is happening at the very top of the global car industry, and it isn’t loud, dramatic or accompanied by the usual marketing fanfare. There are no slick launch events, no bold vision statements, no glossy videos promising to reinvent mobility as we know it. Instead, there is a quiet but unmistakable pattern emerging: car company bosses are leaving, being replaced, or stepping aside, and the people taking their seats look nothing like the rockstar executives of just a few years ago.

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Ford’s $19.5 Billion EV Reality Check: What Went Wrong, What’s Changed, and What It Means

This isn’t just a Ford story – it’s the moment the electric car narrative collided head-on with reality.

There are big numbers in the car industry, and then there are numbers that make even hardened executives pause, breathe in sharply, and reach for the nearest spreadsheet. Nineteen point five billion dollars is firmly in the latter category. That is the amount Ford has just written off as it dramatically pulls back from large parts of its electric vehicle strategy, cancelling programmes, binning future models, tearing up battery partnerships and, perhaps most tellingly of all, quietly conceding that the way we were promised the electric future would unfold was always far more fragile than many wanted to admit.

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EU Scraps the 2035 Petrol Car Ban – So Where Does That Leave the UK?

BREAKING: This is big news – EU hasn’t just delayed the petrol car brand, it’s scrapped it, but there are conditions…

For years, we were told the end was nigh for petrol and diesel cars in Europe. 2035 was the date. No debate. No flexibility. No alternatives. Except… that’s just changed. Quietly, but significantly, the European Union has performed a major U-turn on its planned ban on new petrol and diesel car sales from 2035. And while some headlines are still framing this as a “delay” or a “watering down”, the reality is far more profound. In practical terms, the 2035 petrol car ban has been scrapped.

And that raises an awkward, unavoidable question for the UK.

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4D AI Speed Cameras on UK Roads: Everything You Need to Know About the New Traffic Enforcement Systems

A new generation of AI-powered cameras is now monitoring British motorists, and these systems can see far more than you might think

For decades we lived with a familiar foe on our roads. The yellow Gatso box stood tall, unwavering, unapologetic, and almost comforting in its predictability. You knew where it stood, what it did, and how it operated. It flashed, you flinched, and life went on. But those days are fading fast. In their place comes a new breed of enforcement: 4D radar, AI-enhanced imaging, behaviour-detecting systems, and roadside technology that no longer just clocks your speed, but actively analyses your driving behaviour.

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