It may sound a little cryptic, but the headline is quite literal. Over the past few weeks I have written a couple of pieces for Motion Magazine, a new Germany-based online platform covering emobility from all over Europe and beyond.
For my first piece, I returned to a theme I have already covered here – rural emobility. But that was a couple of years ago, and things have moved on. It’s the same place, my home village of Comrie in the foothills of the Scottish Highlands, but different faces – two families who have joined the move towards electric mobility since I last wrote about it.
I chatted to them about their experiences – one with electric bikes and the other with an electric car.
Cathy Tilbrook, Doug Flint and teenagers Ru and Kirsty with their Hyundai Kona EV 
Sma’ pipe player Chris is an e-bike convert – although not necessarily to the point of serenading it
My next piece for Motion took me on a journey inside the heads of drivers to find out what makes us so committed to our cars – aside from the more obvious practical and symbolic reasons. Again, it’s a topic I’ve covered here, albeit in audio format.
I spoke to a Swedish psychologist and a German car journalist for this one. It turns out that our dependency on our cars is closely linked to inner anxieties.
Elaine Catton 