With the UK’s shift to electric moving ever closer, the choice for anyone considering an electric car is growing all the time.
We’ve compiled all of the biggest electric car launches planned this year, from Abarth to Volkswagen.
Here’s our comprehensive A-Z to the year’s biggest electric car launches.
New electric cars arriving in July
Abarth 500e
Abarth’s first electric hot hatchback arrives as a 152bhp, £38,195 trailblazer in the Italian firm’s history. Underneath, you’ll find a 42.2kWh battery pack propelling this 1410kg supermini to 62mph in 7.0sec and on to a top speed of 96mph. It comes with character-enhancing trinkets, such as a speaker under the rear bumper that amplifies an Abarth 595-esque sound on idle and when it’s revved. Superficial as that may be, we reckon this is the best-driving everyday small electric car yet.
Lexus UX 300e
Deliveries of Lexus’s recently revised BMW iX1 rival will start this month. The facelifted car receives a battery that's 18.5kWh larger than before for a WLTP range of 280 miles. With revisions to the steering and shock absorbers promising to “sharpen dynamic performance”, the Japanese firm’s first EV remains a quirky, left-field choice for buyers who want a comfortable and refined crossover at a cheaper price than many rivals.
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There is unlimited choice for those who want 400 horsepower plus and with a £50k or more to spare. But no choice at all for those who need something sensible and affordable.
Having lots of power simply allows batteries to be discharged quicker and what's the point of having so much performance when our roads are so congested and speed limited?
EVs have so much potential, but I don't see them gaining mass popularity until the industry aligns itself to our needs.
A couple of things I can take from this list: 1) there's seemingly no new EV products coming from a UK factory, 2) all EV cars being launched are north of £30,000, 3) they look either bland or just awful.
God help us....the future is dull, dull, dull.
The future is lower pollution overall, lower pollution overall, lower pollution overall. And quieter.
What petrol-swilling somewhat affordable new car isn't dull? All the me-too crossovers in the list look like petrol equivalents but with a blocked-off grille, and the Hyundai Ioniq 6 would be distinctive regardless of its powertrain.