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  • CHARGING ACROSS COUNTRY

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    Can electric cars cope with rural conditions? Paul Markillie finds out ...  read more »


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    • Winter 2009
  • DRIVING WITH A DOPPELKUPPLUNGSGETRIEBE

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    Automatics are now so good, gearboxes may soon be history. Paul Markillie is a convert ...  read more »


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    • Autumn 2009
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  • WHEN DRIVERS ARE PASSENGERS

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    Before long, your car could be driving you. Paul Markillie gets a foretaste ...  read more »


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    • summer 2009
  • GOING, GOING: BUYING A CAR AT AUCTION

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    With prices tumbling, auctions are where the action is. Paul Markillie picks up some tricks from the pros ...  read more »


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    • spring 2009
  • RENTING THE CAR OF YOUR DREAMS

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    More and more people are driving fast cars--for a day or so. Paul Markillie joins the club, and takes his son along...  read more »


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  • DRIVING ECONOMICALLY

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    How thriftily can you drive? You'll need to ape the hypermilers, writes Paul Markillie, "who disdain the brake, coast into parking spaces and even turn the radio off. And, of course, they are deeply nerdy"...  read more »


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    • autumn 2008
    • cars
    • technology
  • ROOF DOWN, SALES UP

    GOING TOPLESS | August 6th 2008

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    Convertibles are a roaring trade. Paul Markillie, innovation editor of The Economist, reports from a soft-top Rolls ...

    From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Summer 2008  read more »


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  • THE CAR IN FRONT MAY SOON BE A HONDA

    AND THE THING IN THE GARAGE MAY BE A PRIVATE POWER-STATION

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    Toyota seized a decisive lead in green motoring a decade ago with its Prius hybrid. Now Honda is chasing the post-petrol market by offering not only hydrogen-powered cars, but home power-stations to go with them. By Nick Valery ...

    From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, September 2007  read more »


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