Auto Express – August 20, 2019

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THISWEEK

Visitautoexpress.co.ukforall the latest newcarsnew

THISweek’sAutoExpressshowsthatEVshave

gonefromemergingalternatives,suitableonly

forearly-adoptertechnophilescurioustoexplorethe

latestadvancesonthemarket,tomainstreamvehicles

applicabletothemasses.Evenasrecentlyaslastyear,

who’dhavethoughtthatanelectriccarwouldhavebeen

capableenoughonallfrontstogotoetotoewithone

ofthebestinthebusiness,theBMW3Series?

That’sexactlywhatwe’vegotinthisweek’sissue

–andtheresultoftheshootoutbetweenelectricand

dieselpoweronPage68isaninterestingandnuanced

one.However,regardlessofthewinner,pitchingTesla’s

latest(andarguablygreatest)offeringagainsttheBMW

hasthrownupsomeintriguingevidencethatproves

thatelectriccarsaregenuinelyviabletoday.

Somesimplemathsshowsthat,witharound

workingdaysinayear,andatotalof12,000miles

travelledoverthesameperiod(stillfarabovetheUK’s

averageannualfigureof7, 600 ,accordingtoDepartment

forTransportstats)mostdriversmighttravelaround

only45milesaday.What’smore,inreality,youcould

realisticallycoverasmanyas36,000milesoverthe

courseof12monthsandstillnotneedmorethan

anaverage150-miles-a-dayrangefromanEV.

Ofcourse,lifeisn’tasregularoraspredictable

asthis,sothere’llundoubtedlybemorethanafew

occasionswherealonger,sometimesunexpected,

tripisnecessary.Butwithatrue 220 -milerangefrom

acarlikeTesla’sModel3(andevenfartherfrommore

affordableelectriccarssuchastheKiae-Niro,for

example),plusanever-growingcharginginfrastructure

intheUKthatalreadyhasnearly15,000powerpoints,

thesituationswhereyoucouldgetcaughtshortare

almostcertainlyfewandfarbetween.AddinmostEVs’

incomparablylowrunning

costsandit’sclearthatwe’re

atarealtippingpointwhenit

comestoelectric-carusability.

SEANCARSON

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