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RIDE INVESTIGATES

Let’s wind back to 2012: Britain is gripped by Olympic fever as Vauxhall launches the Ampera and the UK’s first ‘plug-in’ hybrid decisively beats the Volkswagen Up to European Car of the Year glory in

There’s plenty that we can be cheerful about in our hobby, as the five experts in their field we consulted happily reveal

Oxford’s zero-emissions zone is 80 miles away, matching the plug-in Merc’s claimed range. Game on.

Not so long ago the combination of seven seats and all-electric seemed outlandish. But now it’s completely normal, and available in four distinct flavours

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