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I certainly agree from where we are now, hybrids for PO wouldn't be sensible. But a lot of the vans are not very old and I'd be fairly confident that a hybrid petrol of the same vintage would have cost no more to run than a diesel - at least, in the mode of use I most often see.

I have some advantages over you there. A lot of our roads are better than many parts of the UK. I can tell when I go into Carmarthenshire - the roads are generally worse. Though we do have a few stretches of anomalously noisy road. Also, so many roads are only suitable for slow driving, high...

Well, VAG had the sense to introduce MEB platform (following their MQB for ICE). Especially sensible given their predilection to rework the vehicles into multiple brands. If Toyota actually have that sort of basis already to go, they might roll out very fast. But they have only recently launched...

Where I used to live most taxis were Priuses. On one occasion, the driver was explaining most were converted to LPG and they achieved pretty amazing economy. Not entirely sure I believed the numbers. In Edinburgh, at Waverley, there is a down ramp for taxis. Which means that instead of having...

Imagine if petrol and diesel ICE vehicles had never made any noise (at least, not from their engines). Would people really argue that the new noisy hydrogen ICE vehicles were in any way a good thing? (No - I can't for the life of me see how this could technically be possible. It is just a...

Yes - I'm aware of the Lexus. But they have a long way to go in order to move from their current range to any form of electric or hydrogen. And not that much time to get going. Hybrid can make some sense - e.g. in stop-start traffic. And plug-in hybrid if actually plugged in! But in the real...

I couldn't put my finger on figures, but I suspect the fuel storage is exacerbated in ICE as they will surely be less efficient than fuel-cell, hence need more fuel (as in mpg). But Toyota are going to have to do something as hybrids are getting progressively more and more questionable.

Afraid, I'm not convinced. If you could set up a solar collection/hydrogen refuelling system at home, that might help. (As it would for the Mirai.) I can see it for big, heavy vehicles - tractors, bulldozers, etc. The Mirai system, if it ever proves itself in real-world use, has the...

Funny how every MP and every civil servant is working 12-hour shifts every day because to the pandemic. So they can't have a public inquiry (of whatever sort). Yet, JMR somehow has plenty of time to become a board member of the NPG.

Wasn't this all once decried as Project Fear?

I hope this is good news: Wales will have completed the move to Alert Level 3 by 3 May.

I wouldn't be surprised if it worries me at least as much as the scientists.

What did the Romans ever do for us? Introduce driving on the left. :)

Hmm. News that Johnson is going to rent out his house - which is/was shared with Marina. Value is many times £100,000. Rental income would be far more than £10,000 a year. Yet not a vestige of his interest in it appears in the HoC register of members' financial interests. Current HoC register...

Had The problem with railways is that all too often, actually getting to the station requires transport. Even assuming trains actually go where you want. For me, it is 2.1 miles, which isn't too bad in clement weather. But when I get there, I can go to Milford Haven or Carmarthen. It would be...

Is even the Express getting annoyed with the government? BBC's Laura Kuenssberg silenced by Matt Hancock after 'excessive questioning' BBC Political Editor Laura Kunessberg was brutally shut down by Health Secretary Matt Hancock after she attempted to ask the minister a question on whether...

I'll also add to that thought, many who have had both Pfizer vaccinations report that the second one produced significantly worse side effects. Which makes any intention to use it a third time, as a booster, seem less likely. Thus excluding existing Pfizer recipients from the number requiring...

Of course, it is often repeated that we do not have fast and slow lanes.

And in snow? I have certainly driven on motorways which were entirely white. Even rain can make them invisible to human eyes. I guess one of the costs of allowing self-driving which relies on lane markings is better maintenance of them. An externality to the manufacturers.