Articles by Hugo Griffiths
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Police seize over half a million uninsured cars4th Oct 2022Data from UK police forces reveals 542,370 cars have been confiscated since 2018 -
Shock rise in e-scooter crashes and motorists not wearing seatbelts29th Sep 2022Latest road-casualty statistics reveal shocking rise in the number of collisions involving e-scooters and fatal accidents where seatbelts... -
Surge in number of drivers caught speeding after camera threshold is tightened up26th Sep 2022Metropolitan Police reduces speed-camera tolerances, with 259% more drivers caught speeding following the change -
What is Consumer Duty?22nd Sep 2022You may not have heard of the new Consumer Duty rules, but they’re set to improve the car-buying experience for customers using finance;... -
The best V12 engines you can buy15th Sep 2022The V12 engine is arguably the pinnacle of automotive engineering; we pick six of the best -
Most reliable used cars revealed5th Sep 2022carwow teams up with Warrantywise to reveal the most reliable cars based on warranty-repair data; Japanese firms dominate the top 15 -
Don’t look back in anger: carwow reveals reversing cameras are the most in-demand optional extra1st Sep 2022Analysis of thousands of buyers using on carwow’s configurator finds reversing cameras, heat pumps for electric cars and panoramic... -
Kerb your enthusiasm: drivers in Brighton most likely to scuff their alloy wheels24th Aug 2022carwow analysis of hundreds of thousands of cars uploaded to Sell Your Car platform reveals the areas in the UK most and least likely to... -
Exclusive: hybrid and electric vehicles are more likely to pass MoT tests than petrols and diesels17th Aug 2022Analysis of 50 million MoT tests shows electrified vehicles doing better than petrol and diesel counterparts, though EVs and hybrids are... -
Motorists with a standard driving licence could soon drive HGVs8th Aug 2022Proposed changes to driving-licence rules could grant you the right to drive a truck weighing up to 7.5 tonnes, with no further training -
Life in the slow lane: do 20mph speed limits work?28th Jul 2022More and more areas of the country are seeing 20mph replace 30mph as the default urban limit; we investigate -
Electric car glossary – everything you need to know about EVs14th Jul 2022Electric cars bring a host of changes, including plenty of new words and phrases; our glossary sheds some much needed light -
Smart EV charging: what is it, and why is it being introduced?5th Jul 2022We’ve come a long way from using three-pin plugs to charge electric cars: the latest smart chargers could save you serious money -
Fuel duty and road tax: how to replace £35 billion a year of lost revenue1st Jul 2022The rise of EVs is blowing a big hole in the Government’s tax take from cars, but a solution is slow to emerge -
Exclusive: authorities rack up an estimated £1.25 million in emission and penalty charges28th Jun 2022Some of the organisations that set city road rules are charging and fining themselves