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TURN the clock back to 2010 and there was just a handful of electric cars on the market. But today there seems to be a brand-new EV being unveiled every other day. Yet it’s not the sheer amount of EVs

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe

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ANOTHER torrential summer rainstorm sweeps across the motorway, making the BYD Dolphin Surf’s wipers swipe from side to side like a feverish Tinder user. The back one would be doing the same but, anno

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe