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THE Kia EV3 is a compact electric SUV designed to be small enough for everyday life while still offering the range, practicality and equipment required to serve as the main family car.
It’s a difficult balance to achieve, particularly when electric vehicles tend to become rather large once manufacturers start adding sizeable batteries.
Kia has managed it very well, and … Read the rest
THIS week’s press car follows on directly from the Toyota C-HR+, which so impressed me with it’s sportiness and style.
However, where the C-HR+ is the sporty, slightly mischievous member of Toyota’s electric family, the bZ4X is its more practical sibling. It takes much of the technology of the C-HR+ and wraps it in a considerably larger, more conventional … Read the rest
THE Kia EV5 arrives in an increasingly crowded electric SUV market. Yes, there are cheaper alternatives, particularly from the growing number of Chinese brands making serious inroads into Europe. But climb inside the EV5 and it quickly becomes apparent that Kia has focused on something altogether more important than headline specifications.
Thoughtful design, for one. The sort of design that … Read the rest
LAUNCHING a new car brand in the UK is never easy. Launching one in the middle of an increasingly crowded electric vehicle market is harder still.
Yet Geely arrives with a considerable advantage. While the name may be unfamiliar to some UK buyers, the company behind it is anything but. Geely already owns or has major stakes in Volvo, Polestar, … Read the rest
GENESIS has never approached the premium market with any hesitation. From the outset, the brand positioned itself not as an alternative, but as an equal — offering distinctive design, high specification and a level of customer care that quietly challenges the very best.
Unlike the Electrified GV70, which adapts an existing combustion platform, the GV60 was conceived from the outset … Read the rest