{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67b0f17b4d9bd1092c35eb0f/69f46e90e1fad0f98a440dcd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"S2 E1: EV Regen, Driver Aids & the Lost Art of Heel-and-Toe – The Smart Drive Podcast","description":"<p><strong>Modern cars are getting cleverer, but that does not always mean they are getting easier to understand.</strong></p><ul><li>Simon and Ashley look at EV regenerative braking, one-pedal driving, coasting, and why efficiency depends heavily on where and how you drive.</li><li>There is a nostalgic detour through heel-and-toe, double-declutching, cold-start rituals and one very slow-motion hedge incident with an old Land Rover.</li><li>The pair question whether driver aids, camera systems, software recalls and right-to-repair are making cars safer, or just more complicated.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Plus:</strong> marathon recovery, safer roads education, 1991 motoring jokes and a Lotus Elan fact for the dinner-table bore in your life.</p><p><br></p><p>Leave us a review, send your questions, and help keep the Smart Drive chaos vaguely road-legal.</p><p><br></p><p>e-mail: hello@thesmartdrivepodcast.co.uk</p>","author_name":"Simon Houghton"}