• Ctrl Alt Refuel Ep 12 F150 Lighting, EV Pickups and Waymo
    Jan 10 2026

    Episode 12 is a feature-length offering because one of our team members is going away. Yes! Gareth is going as far as the Hampshire border!

    We mourn the end of the F-150 Lightning and discuss EV pickups that will survive it: the Silverado and some Rivians. Dodge Ram? We forgot about it!

    Waymoo is coming to London, and we hatch a plan to meet up and try them, though Gareth notes their I-PACE cars have only operated in dry places thus far - rainwater being Jaguar's kryptonite. Waymo have yet to return my calls. Perhaps it’s for the best.

    Chris tells us some people ask him to stop talking – we suggest it’s Londoners and Scousers, who, Gareth reveals, live mostly in the New Forest now. Calm down!

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    48 mins
  • Ctrl Alt Refuel Ep 11 Poo poo, Solar, batteries, Octopus and poo poo
    Jan 1 2026

    Hannah deputises for Chris, who is unavoidably detained until his long-suffering partner pays the bond.

    Gareth, Hannah and Paul press on regardless, discussing solar panels, home batteries and Octopus Energy's EV tariffs.

    Chris' children shout poo poo.

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    33 mins
  • Ctrl Alt Refuel Ep 10 Tax, Ford and the end of Gerry McGovern and Zipcar
    Dec 14 2025

    Ctrl Alt Refuel Episode 10

    Despite planning to ingest, digest and "expel" the week's news, Chris, Gareth and Paul discuss why Chris loves both Nick Clegg and Andy Burnham.

    Sadly, we correctly predicted the pay-per-mile EV tax would be implemented in 2028 and we argue about it some more.

    In Ford news, Puma EV sells out and Chris says the successor to the Focus should be called the Ford Elbow. We also know the difference between Ford Kuga and Cougar, which annoys Chris even more.

    We discuss why Kia beats Ford in the UK and we solve the Gerry McGovern mystery. As usual, it was the caretaker in a mask! If it wasn't for you pesky kids etc etc.

    Lastly, we examine the inevitable end of Zipcar and the rise of e-Bikes.

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    38 mins
  • Ctrl Alt Refuel Ep 9 Wagon Wheels, declining diesel, viewer questions and swearing in Jersey
    Dec 11 2025

    The ultimate old school confectionery, Wagon Wheels make their debut on Ctrl Alt Refuel.

    We discuss fuels that might replace diesel with a lean towards heavy vehicles. Gareth’s cat steals the limelight again and we answer, in our own inimitable style, our first viewer question. Mostly.

    We get our first viewer complaint from the Channel Islands.

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    31 mins
  • Ctrl Alt Refuel Ep 8 Mirai owners sue Toyota because hydrogen, The C.A.R swear Jar, really small cars
    Dec 10 2025

    In Episode 8, the Ctrl Alt Refuel team bring you another slice of carrot cake that nobody asked for. Gareth and Paul flex by drinking beer while Chris is at work - he pretends not to notice. Gareth arrives late, while Chris applauds the US justice system nibbling at Toyota before his attention is drawn to an EV coach. The Ctrl Alt Refuel swear jar gets its first public outing (don't say the T word!) and Paul, dull as ever, wants to talk about cars - small cars.

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    31 mins
  • Ctrl Alt Refuel Ep 7 Curly Wurly, Catheters and Road Pricing
    Dec 9 2025

    I know. I KNOW! Caramel or Curly Wurly, right? Confused? You won't be after this episode of @CtrlAltRefuel .

    Chris, Gareth and Paul attempt to dissect the rumours of EV-specific road pricing coming out of the UK's crappiest newspaper. They discuss how HM Treasury has arrived at this position and how much worse it's going to get.

    Our new sponsor is in full, erm, flow and we play the first and last round of Where's Petchelli, where we pretend to care where Chris is. [Spoiler; Scotland]. In a dark turn, we get a grim insight into Chris’s Uncle Dave’s turbulent marriages.

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    24 mins
  • Ctrl Alt Refuel Ep 6 Confessions of a used car dealer, should you have Live,Laugh Love on your wall and chris' GV60 dilemna
    Dec 4 2025

    Ctrl Alt Refuel: Episode 6. Back, despite unpopular demand, Chris, Gareth, and Paul peer into the murky world of used car dealers with a slant towards EVs. Paul babbles on about Nissans again and Chris can't decide whether he wants a new house, new car or both. Or even which car he wants.

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    28 mins
  • Ctrl Alt Refuel Ep 5 Cheap Teslas, fast Teslas, dodgy taxi rides, SEXY knobs & Gareth's stash of parcel shelves
    Nov 23 2025

    Ctrl Alt Refuel Episode 5 is born. Just gas and air, none of that epidural nonsense here!

    Guest Graeme Cobb takes us into Tesla World to see the new Standard Trim 3 and X and then delights us with his SEXY knobs, buttons and stalks. To bring us back down, he uses a terrible 90's taxi ride in a Vauxhall Astra as support/justification for Robotaxis.

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    41 mins