16+ hour, 15+ min ago (705+ words) Mark began writing professionally in 2020, shortly after graduating university. He initially worked as a staff writer at HotCars as well as contributing articles to smaller outlets like Drivetribe. Legendary British Car Brand Returns With An EV That Screams Old-School Quirkiness In recent years, several famous names from the history of British carmaking have been resurrected years after they first disappeared. TVR was recently bought by Charge Holdings with a new plan to finally get the long-awaited Griffith into production, while Allard was brought back in 2020 by the family of the original founder. Now, it's the turn of Austin to make a comeback, with the revived brand's first new car soft launching earlier in 2025. It's called the Arrow, and it reportedly takes styling inspiration from the Austin Seven of the 1920s. However, unlike the century-old classic, the latest Arrow is all-electric, and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (311+ words) Joseph began his writing career covering Apple products and consumer tech for MakeUseOf and The Mac Observer, where he produced both news and feature content. He later expanded into B2B content, helping simulation racing brand SimStaff launch its blog. Car Headlights Existed Long Before Light Bulbs " So How Did They Work? There's a debate on when exactly light bulbs were invented. One of the earliest recordings of an electric "bulb" dates to 1801-02, when English chemist Sir Humphry Davy heated a platinum strip to create a decently bright but short-lived incandescent lamp. About 80 years later, American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison developed and patented a more practical, long-lasting carbon-filament bulb " a patent that made its founder very rich. Thus, 1879 became the year many assume to be the true invention of the light bulb. However, cars didn't reach roads in large numbers till…...

19+ hour, 15+ min ago (576+ words) Stephen's love affair with cars started at the age of seven, when he started building scale models. It has continued throughout adulthood with the driving and ownership of a wide variety of full-size vehicles, from sports cars through sedans and SUVs. Why So Many New Cars Are Switching From Manual To Electric Parking Brakes More cars are switching from manual parking brakes using a pull-up lever to the electrical type requiring the touch of a button. The proof is in the latest edition of the CarGurus U.K. Manual Handbrake Report, released in 2024. First released in 2018, the Car Gurus report has documented the steady decline of cable-operated manual handbrakes in new cars during the intervening years. From 2018, when only 37% of new cars were equipped with manual parking brakes, the percentage has dropped to a low of 8% in 2024. The vast majority of new…...