§ Changelog

The product, in public.

Every meaningful change to Compass EV: new articles, new calculators, methodology updates, fixes. The product, in public.

11 MAY 2026

  • Added

    Methodology page

    Published the full explanation of how Compass EV reports are built: the three-layer knowledge base, the data sources, the rule-based filter, the automation vs human split.

    Read the methodology
  • Added

    Promise page

    Consolidated the six core promises (no commissions, refund-if-wrong, redo-if-not-right, honest answer including 'wait', methodology in the open, one price no upsell) into a single canonical page.

    View promises
  • Added

    Three more knowledge base articles

    Published 'The four reasons an EV is the wrong call', 'Tesla VINs: Berlin vs Shanghai', and 'Why annual mileage matters less than you think (for EV decisions)'.

    Browse the knowledge base
  • Added

    Journal post: why dealers always recommend the wrong EV

    Signature editorial piece on the structural reasons dealer recommendations are biased, and what the buyer should do about it.

    Read the post
  • Added

    Real-world range estimator

    Third calculator on the site. Battery × speed × temperature × heat pump × towing × battery health → real miles. Tuned against UK aggregate driving data.

    Try the calculator
  • Added

    Salary-sacrifice calculator

    Net monthly cost of an EV through UK salary sacrifice, with the full BiK trajectory through 2029/30 for 20%, 40% and 45% taxpayers.

    Try the calculator
  • Added

    EV vs petrol/diesel running cost calculator

    First public calculator on the site. UK-specific defaults, every assumption visible, no signup. The same model that produces Section 6 of every buyer report.

    Try the calculator
  • Added

    Knowledge base, journal, calculators sections

    Launched /learn (knowledge base), /journal (editorial), /calculators (interactive tools), each with full JSON-LD schema and per-page OG images for clean social previews.

    Browse the knowledge base
  • Added

    Newsletter signup

    Subscribers can sign up for the Compass EV journal via any article. Double opt-in via Resend; no third-party newsletter platform.

  • Added

    Sample report cover on the hero

    Replaced the abstract mockup on the homepage hero with a render of the actual sample-report cover. The hero image now links through to the full sample PDF.

    Download the sample report
  • Fixed

    Dead footer links across non-home pages

    Footer anchor links to homepage sections (#pricing, #sample, #about, #faq) now use /#anchor form so they work from any page, not just the homepage.

Append-only. Older entries never get rewritten or removed.