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2025 Renault 5 Turbo 3E at Tour de Corse Historic
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Battery beauties: This is our list of the world’s best EV car designs. Do you agree? | Opinion

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Iain Curry 2318 Views 0 Comments Abarth 500e, best electric car design, best ev design, e-tron gt, electric car design, Kia EV2, renault 5

The EV boom has given car designers a historically unique “fresh slate” opportunity. But have they really grasped this golden

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2025 Renault 5 E-Tech
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Best-selling EVs of 2025: Tesla and BYD rule Australia, but what wins in UK, USA, Germany and China?

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The Tesla Model Y was Australia’s best-selling EV of 2025, but what about electric car shoppers around the world? While

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2025 Kia EV3 GT-Line
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Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2025: Kia EV3

December 26, 2025December 28, 2025 Iain Curry 6297 Views BMW iX3, coty, electric car of the year, EV car of the year, kia ev3, renault 5

No car brand produces as many segment benchmarks as Kia, and with its EV3 the Korean has aced the booming

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2025 Renault 4 E-Tech
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Why the Renault 4 and 5 EVs are going to save the world, not Orange Donald or Annoying Elon  | Opinion

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Iain Curry 11004 Views Opinion, Renault 4, renault 5, retro ev

It’s bold to suggest a duo of retro-styled small electric cars are going to save humanity. But that’s what the

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2025 Alpine A290 GTS EV
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X-rated: 2025 Alpine A290 unleashed as pint-sized hot hatch to rival Abarth 500e and MINI Cooper SE

June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 John Mahoney 11449 Views alpine a290, alpine ev, r5 electric, renault 5

Reborn French performance brand Alpine has launched its first EV – the A290 – ahead of its showroom debut early

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2025 Renault 5.
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Exclusive! Radical Renault 5 electric hatch warming for Australia as Tesla rival after Geneva negotiations

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 Toby Hagon 5525 Views renault, renault 5, Renault Scenic

Following a European summit the funky Renault 5 electric hatch is inching closer to Australia – potentially providing a cool-looking

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2024 Renault 5
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Fantastic 5: 2024 Renault 5 teased in production form ahead of its launch at the Geneva motor show

December 9, 2023December 9, 2023 John Mahoney 4793 Views renault 5

The 2024 Renault 5 hatch has been previewed for the first time following the Frenchcar-maker releasing multiple images that give

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2021 Renault 5 Prototype electric car
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Renault 5 Prototype revealed, set to be one of 7 new EVs

January 15, 2021July 1, 2021 Iain Curry 7186 Views renault 5, renault 5 ev, renault electric

The Renault 5 is back. Fully electric, retro-inspired, designed to “democratise the electric car in Europe” and, well, looking bloody

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2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge Twin Pure Electric review
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2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge Twin Pure Electric review

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2025 Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive Review: Can the cheapest Model Y hold off the even cheaper Chinese competition?
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2025 Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive Review: Can the cheapest Model Y hold off the even cheaper Chinese competition?

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2023 Peugeot e-Partner review: New electric van arrives to help green your fleet – at a price…
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2023 Peugeot e-Partner review: New electric van arrives to help green your fleet – at a price…

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Peugeot e-Partner electric van loaded vs empty: Range test
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Peugeot e-Partner electric van loaded vs empty: Range test

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Types of EVs

What is a PHEV? Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles explained
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What is a PHEV? Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles explained

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Like hybrids, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (or PHEVs) have an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor. Plug-in vehicles take the

What is an EV or BEV? Electric vehicles or battery electric vehicles explained
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What is an EV or BEV? Electric vehicles or battery electric vehicles explained

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What is a FCEV? Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles explained
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What is a FCEV? Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles explained

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What is a hybrid? Hybrid vehicles explained
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What is a hybrid? Hybrid vehicles explained

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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan
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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

April 13, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review
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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

February 25, 2022 Toby Hagon Comments Off on VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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