Electric cars

List price £39,990 Target Price £39,990 Range 318 miles Battery size 57.5kWh For Class-leading efficiency; fast charging via Tesla’s own network; surprisingly practical; well priced Against Some fiddl

At first glance it isn’t immediately obvious just what segment the two cars on these pages fall into. Are they hatchbacks? Are they crossovers? Are they the size of a Smart Fortwo or a full fat Range

‘ EVangelists’ love to shout that range doesn’t matter because many people can charge at home and because the rapid-charge network has become really quite sophisticated. But the fact is that autonomy

MILEAGE 43,845 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To find out if an approved used car is the best route into Tesla ownership E Vs are pretty much universally accepted as an ideal solution to the challenges of urban

TESLA has had a roller-coaster ride recently. People seem to either love or hate this firm that makes only EVs, but you can’t deny the Model Y’s popularity, because it still sells in vast numbers; in

THE COOPER S WAS A SOGGY effort and this isn’t any better. You can forgive a hot hatch appalling ride but when it’s on top of a transmission that’s hard to gel with, an uninspiring soundtrack and impr