Uk firm plots light, fun, safe electric microcar

BMW M135 £43,740 OTR/£54,050 as tested/£602 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’s about time BMW had a hot hatch worthy of the M badge again DRIVER: jethro bovingdon THE M135 LEFT ME QUITE unexpectedly. It was plan

YOU’RE looking at the striking new Nissan Micra, the iconic supermini that’s morphed from a simple, inexpensive combustion-powered supermini into a much larger and more sophisticated EV. However, if y

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT Can a two-seat roadster/grand tourer/sports car be both satisfying to own and drive and electric? Autocar is playing host to an MG Cyberster for the next few months, and I’m to be

Alpine is going up against the Porsche Macan Electric and Hyundai Ioniq 5 N with its first SUV, the A390. The French performance brand’s third model line – joining the A110 coupé and A290 hot hatch –

THE ELROQ IS DESPERATELY hard to fault. And believe us, we’ve tried. Basically a shrunken Enyaq, it looks tremendous, drives neatly, is efficient and roomy, balances tech and switchgear, and still dar

Alpine, Abarth, Alfa and Mini have decades of experience in making affordable performance cars. Does that know-how translate to EVs?