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We bought our e-bikes about eight years ago, after seeing a friend in the village zipping around on one. She let us try it out, and it was so easy! The electric assist gently boosts your pedalling, so you still feel like you’re cycling – just without the struggle on hills or into a headwind. It’s so much quicker than walking, and we can pop up to the village shops and bring the shopping home in our saddle bags. There are plenty of places to lock a bike up in the village centre, which makes...

I drive 15-20,000 miles a year and until recently did so in a VW SUV, spending around £100/week in diesel. I really loved my VW, I've had 3 or 4 of the same model. When it came time to change it the temptation was to get another of the same type, but I thought that I would look at the alternatives too.  There has been a lot in the press recently about people’s problems with Electric vehicles (EVs), but I test drove a couple and started to do the sums on the cost of ownership vs my diesel. To...

To help people thinking about switching to an electric car, we asked Sustainable Overton’s own Ali about her Electric Vehicle (EV) experience. Three years ago, Alison swapped her petrol car for a 2020 Nissan Leaf —and she hasn’t looked back. With a home charge point and an overnight EV tariff of just 9p per kWh, she can get a full 170‑mile charge for around £2 . “I thought I’d miss driving a gear car,” she admits. “But my Leaf is quick, quiet, and an absolute pleasure to drive.” Charging on...