In this issue

Main features in this issue are:

FEATURE: 2035
Alex Grant talks to experts about the viability of the government’s 2035 proposals.

FEATURE: Tuning electric cars
Electric power equals an exciting renaissance for tuners. Alex Grant reports.

FEATURE: COVID-19
We discuss what the government is doing to help, how to work from home and care for your EV while it’s parked up.

FIRST LOOK: Fiat 500 Electric
Fiat 500 is reborn electric.

First Drive: MINI Cooper SE (Electric)
Tim Barnes-Clay drives MINI’s first full-EV.

First Drive: Volvo XC40 Recharge T5 Plug-in Hybrid
Volvo’s baby SUV is treated to latest plug-in hybrid tech.

First Drive: Volkswagen e-up!
Revised Volkswagen e-up! is put through its paces.

First Drive: DS 3 CROSSBACK E-TENSE
Premium, French electric small SUV is in a class of its own.

HISTORY: Opel GT Elektro, by Richard Gooding.

GLOVEBOX - Gifts, gadgets and more to complement your EV lifestyle.

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The latest EV and hybrid news, plus handy guides explaining electric and hybrid vehicles to both the beginner and enthusiast alike complement every issue.

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HISTORY

2 mins

Time for combustion to burn out?

The UK government has signalled plans to phase out the sale of combustion engine passenger cars within 15 years, firing the starting gun on the biggest shiftin the history of one of the world’s oldest automotive markets. But how achievable is that end goal?

9 mins

FIAT GOES ELECTRIC

Fiat stuns with third-generation of its popular 500 revised as a 200-mile range electric city car.

2 mins

SILENT REVOLUTION

Traditionally known for loud tastes and louder exhausts, the global tuning community is quickly realising the performance potential of electric conversions. Alex Grant asked some of the pioneers what excites them most about the technology.

10 mins

COVID-19

With the unprecedented effect coronavirus (COVID-19) is having on the world, our thoughts are with all those affected. We take a look at how to work from home, what tools are available to you and how to look after your electric car while it’s not being used.

9 mins

MINI Cooper SE (Electric)

Electric power suits the MINI. But, let’s face it, it’s difficult to go wrong with an automotive icon.

4 mins

VOLVO XC40 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid T5

Fashionable Scandi-SUV meets potent hybrid technology – Volvo has good reason to feel confident about its smallest plug-in.

4 mins

DS 3 CROSSBACK E-TENSE

An odd, expensive cookie, that somehow works.

2 mins

VOLKSWAGEN E-UP!

Now with double the range, is the e-up! the city EV you’ve been waiting for?

2 mins

REAR VIEW

Will electric vehicles ever reach price parity?

3 mins

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