Aug
This is the Peugeot e-2008, newly facelifted as of 2023. It’s Peugeot’s small electric crossover, a vehicle also available with petrol power. If it’s the latter you’re after kindly click these blue words, as it’s the battery-powered variant we’re focussing on here. It accounts for nearly a fifth of all 2008 sales and is one of the most successful small e-crossovers out there.
Even four years into its life (yes, this was a pre-Covid vehicle) the 2008 still looks pretty trim and smart. Its visual strut holds up in the face of new electric rivals as well as those yet to arrive: the Hyundai Kona Electric, the all-electric Ford Puma (due in 2024), or even if you stretch to the Cupra Born. Plus the Stellantis group cars with the same drivetrain: Vauxhall Mokka, DS 3, Jeep Avenger and Fiat 600e.
Older rivals include the very cheap MG ZS EV, Kia Soul EV and – if you don’t need the full crossover height – the Citroen e-C4.
Still, nothing’s unimprovable. So the 2008 has been made over with new three-claw front LEDs, a grille with texture in body colour, and re-shaped rear lights. Inside, we find a full 10-inch centre touchscreen with better connectivity and graphics.
Aug
A Jaguar all-electric SUV. The I-Pace signalled the start of something big when it first launched in 2018 – that mainstream manufacturers, not just Silicon Valley start-ups and BMW, were prepared to invest properly in building new-from-the-ground-up electric cars you might actually want to own, and might be able to afford. Indeed, it was the first credible rival to Tesla’s premium EV dominance, a car that beat its German rivals (and everyone else) to market, remember.
HOW FAR WILL IT GO ON A TANK OF ELECTRONS?
After incremental updates over the years, headline facts are currently thus: the I-Pace uses two concentric electric motors, one on each axle for permanent four-wheel drive, producing 395bhp and 513lb ft of torque, delivered through a single-speed gearbox.
The lithium-ion battery, placed under the floor – de rigueur these days – is sized at 90kWh (85kWh of which is useable), good for up to 292 miles on the WLTP cycle. Give it the berries and 0–62mph in 4.8 seconds and a 124mph top speed is rapid by any measure.
BLIMEY. WHAT ABOUT CHARGING?
The I-Pace will charge at about 22 miles per hour from a 7kW home wallbox. But that doesn’t matter particularly – you’ll just plug it in overnight and leave it to it. What does matter is charging speed away from home and the I-Pace is starting to get left behind. It can charge at a maximum of 100kW on a DC charger, meaning a 5-80 per cent top-up takes around 45 mins. The Porsche Taycan, Tesla Model S and others can charge in less than half that time.
Aug
It’s the Mini Electric, if you’re buying one in Britain. If you’re hailing from anywhere else in the world then, confusingly, this is the Mini Cooper SE. And wherever you buy it, you still get a fluro green-tinted ‘Cooper S’ badge on the boot. What’s underneath, however, remains exactly the same.
First launched in 2020, the fully electric Mini is a big one for the company. So much so, in fact, that a completely new version with bigger battery options is just around the corner already. But how does the original (if we discount the 2009 Mini E trial) stack up?
A BIG MINI, YOU SAY?
Yes, because Minis are objectively desirable. BMW’s reborn city car consistently sells strongly, offers rock-solid residual values, and drives with a slightly cartoonish but ultimately endearing vim. It’s the sort of car owners give names to.
It’s cute and well put together enough that the premium prices have never been a barrier to its rampant success. And these days, there just happens to be one that you plug in instead of fill up.
Aug
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Aug
The crossover sibling of the ID.3 hatch, to absolutely no one’s surprise. Among all the VW Group electric family, projected to shift millions of units, the ID.4 will be the worldwide pinnacle seller. It’d better be good then.
It’s based on VW’s designed-for-electric platform known as MEB. It’s available in rear- or all-wheel drive along with 52 or 77kWh battery variants, while there’s also a performance version called the ID.4 GTX (the one in white you see pictured above). A GTI or R for the electric age? We’ll see about that.
Aug
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Aug
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Aug
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Aug
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Aug
This 2018 model car is Brilliant Black Crystal Pearlcoat with a Black/Diesel Gray interior. Buy confidence knowing Jeep Dodge Ram Surprise has been exceeding customer expectations for many years and always provide customers with a great value!
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