A practical UK guide to making a SORN, when it starts, what happens to your car tax refund and the narrow cases where a SORNed car can still be driven.
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Moved house? Here is how to update your V5C and driving licence with DVLA, what is free, what can trip you up and why it matters for fines, tax and paperwork.
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If your car has failed its MOT, what you can do next depends on whether the old certificate is still valid, whether the defect is dangerous and whether the car is still roadworthy.
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A clear UK guide to checking ULEZ compliance, including the petrol and diesel standards that matter and the mistakes that catch drivers out.
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From 1 June, heavier zero-emission vans between 3,501kg and 4,250kg will move onto class 7 MOT rules and get their first test after three years, not one. That sounds niche, but for fleets it removes one of the more annoying penalties attached to battery weight.
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The Vauxhall Mokka Electric is now on the UK’s EV grant list. Here is what the £1,500 discount actually changes, what buyers get, and where it sits against rivals.
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Only learners can now book, change or cancel their own practical driving test. That should hurt resellers and bots, but it will not solve the backlog on its own.
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Alternator replacement cost in the UK usually falls somewhere between about £250 and £800, with published market averages clustering around the low to mid-£500s. Here is what affects the bill, the warning signs to watch for and when a battery problem may not actually be the alternator.
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The UK’s Fuel Finder scheme has moved beyond launch headlines and into enforcement, with petrol stations required to report price changes within 30 minutes and action now being prioritised against non-compliance.
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Zapmap says the UK now has 120,388 public EV chargers, with more than 1,000 rapid hubs for the first time. The headline milestone matters, but the bigger point is where growth is finally becoming useful for drivers.
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Used EV transactions in the UK jumped 32% to a record 86,943 in Q1 2026 even as the overall used car market slipped 0.2%, making the second-hand market a more important EV battleground than ever.
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Failed a diesel smoke test at MOT? Here is what opacity means, what usually causes the fail, and which fixes are worth doing before a retest.
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