SMALL SUV CAN ALSO BE HAD AS AN EV

The electric Jaecoo E5 shares, as you might imagine, most of its design and interior and platform with the combustion 5, save for the engine and transmission bit plus a few design touches (like the grille).

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Instead it gets a 61.1kWh lithium-iron-phosphate battery pack and a 201bhp permanent magnet synchronous motor, said to be good for a 7.7sec 0-100kph sprint and a WLTP combined range of 397km. It can be charged only at up to 80kW, but there's also a three-phase-capable 11kW onboard AC charger, plus it can handle single-phase electricity too, of course.