Yes, that's the equivalent of 1360bhp and there’s an equally punchy-sounding 1092lb ft of torque to boot. 'Supported by existing government subsidies and technology advances, this tipping point could be reached as early as 2021. There are around 35 million cars in the UK, so if we replaced every one with an electric equivalent, we could need as many as three million charging points. But this illustrates a further issue.

'In the UK, the cost of petrol and diesel vehicle ownership will converge with electric over the next five years,' predicts Michael Woodward, UK automotive partner at Deloitte. 08 August 2020 Today we have around 20,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the UK. Latets tech from the most recent Clio has found its way inside, and the previous generation is cracking value secondhand.If ever a regular combustion engine car was ready for electrification, it was the Smart Fortwo. Growth in private vehicle ownership in China represents new sources of emissions, so some of the future net savings in emissions by choosing electric vehicles will be “savings” from new emissions sources. It sneaks in just under £50k, but rather more pertinently lease deals start at around £500 per month. Currently, there are around 130,000 electrified vehicles on UK roads. Electric vehicles (EVs) are often seen as being more expensive than petrol cars, but if the fuel saving costs are taken into account and the upfront … Today, Taycan prices start at £83,367.Hyundai offers its sensible Ioniq family car in a variety of powertrains – including a pure electric version, which costs £30,950 after the government grant. The maximum-to-date was reached in March 2020, when 38% of all new car registrations by FCA-Tesla were electric. Smart has been developing its EQ models – originally called Electric Drive – for many years now and it’s managed to get the cost of EQ Fortwo down to around £17k after the Government grant. This sector will blossom in the coming months, as more and more EVs are released. Current battery electric car ownership levels in the UK and globally are low – Cleaner transport is important for many reasons, not least meeting carbon emissions targets. Seven years ago, there were only 3500 plug-in cars in the UK – there are now 300,000.Almost 120,000 of them run purely on battery power. Sales of EVs more than doubled last year, as Britons realised they could save a bundle on bills by going electric Check out the changing fuel trends of cars we bought in 2019:The trend continues to accelerate in 2020: fully electric cars are up an extraordinary 175% in the first seven months of the year! You can read our review below to find out just how extreme that performance feels, but there might be a small fly in the ointment: this thing costs £1.2 million (before tax) and is very much in the experimental pioneer phase...The best EVs of 2020: our guide to the finest electric cars on saleBMW i3 is one of the original premium EVs. Electric cars are one of the fastest growing sectors of the automotive industry. But public awareness and policy emphasis evolve together. Here's our list of the And if you want to see what all the fuss is about, check out our Tesla Model 3 video review below - to get a taste for what a top-notch EV feels like in 2020.Editorial director of CAR's digital publishing arm.

It drives much like a regular Fortwo and we found performance around town to be more than ample; only out on M-ways and faster roads did we feel it felt out of its depth. We'll be updating it regularly.The new Porsche Taycan is an incredible technical achievement. That's because it's branching out into its own standalone range of electric cars badged ID. Write an article and join a growing community of more than 111,000 academics and researchers from 3,643 institutions. We've tested the Volkswagen ID.3 and it's one of the slickest mid-sized, mid-budget EVs out there, with a keen drive, the usual Wolfsburg quality and enough panache to keep the most tech-savvy buyers happy.Until autumn 2018, you could pick your BMW i3 in pure electric or plug-in range-extender forms – but the get-you-out-of-jail petrol engine onboard is being dumped for 2019. We like.This is where the cheapest electric cars are to be found. As shown, the monthly electric vehicle shares of some manufacturers are remarkably erratic. But more progressive types are plunging straight into battery electric vehicles (BEVs), or plumping for a hybrid or plug-in hybrid as a stepping stone to full electrification.