by Karl Dyson | Jul 31, 2026 | Volvo EX30
The Volvo EX30 battery recall was announced in December 2025. It is now July 2026. And we have just been made aware of an EX30 owner who has been given a battery module replacement appointment for June 2027. Yes. You read that right. Eighteen months after the...
by Karl Dyson | Jul 28, 2026 | Selling your car
Owning a car involves more than paying its purchase price. Fuel, insurance, servicing, repairs, road tax and depreciation all contribute to the total cost of ownership. Some expenses remain predictable, while others may gradually increase as the vehicle gets older. A...
by Karl Dyson | Jul 20, 2026 | BYD
My Volvo EX30 is gathering dust. That is not something I expected to be writing when I took delivery of it. The EX30 was supposed to be my daily. Smart, compact, capable, and with a proper hypermiler’s range on a charge. But since mid-March 2026 I have been...
by Karl Dyson | Jul 19, 2026 | EV Electric Cars
A video landed in youtube subscriptions today that I could not look away from. Cleetus McFarland and the crew flew to Miami, walked into a Dodge dealership, and bought a brand new Dodge Charger Daytona EV Scat Pack for 50% off the sticker price. The car had been...
by Karl Dyson | Jul 10, 2026 | car insurance
A freshly repaired car that looks perfect on the outside is not necessarily a car that drives the way it did before the accident. This is one of the most common and frustrating situations UK drivers face after a collision claim, and it is one that insurers are not...
