WIth the new Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate setting the UK on a pathway to 2035 when new petrol and diesel (ICE) cars will be banned from sale, choosing to take a driving test in an automatic car is ...

Peebles Driving School in Tweeddale launches electric automatic driving lessons amid rising UK demand for automatic licences and fewer ...

Caitlin Graham wanted to learn to drive in an automatic car as she hoped the test would be quicker to pass without having to get to grips with a gear box. But the 22-year-old says she had little ...

Statistics paint a clear picture. The Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) reports a significant increase in automatic-only driving tests. In 2022-2023, nearly one in five driving tests ...

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More than a quarter of learners will take their driving test in an automatic car by 2026, as an increasing number of budding motorists won't care to learn how to change gear in preparation for the ...

The cost of driving lessons depends on where you live, but you can expect an hour’s lesson to cost between £30 and £40. The DVSA says the average number of lessons you’ll need to pass a driving test ...

The nation's future drivers have spoken, and they want to learn in electric cars. But, in an eco dilemma, the UK's shortage of instructors with electric vehicles is preventing people from ...

Is it worth learning to use a clutch when most new cars, including all electric ones, make gear-changing a dying art? Yorkshire-born, Wessex-based widow, writer, motoring and lifestyle journalist, ...