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ELECTRIC CARS

[ Words Alistair Charlton, Leon Poultney, James Day ]

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They’ll take your heart but you won’t hear it...

because in 2020, as the latest humming hotties

prove, there’s a lot more to electric cars than

simply motoring without the nasty emissions

Taycan a shine

Each of the matrix

headlights houses

84 individually

controlled LEDs that

can be adjusted to

suit conditions.

he Geneva Motor Show is typically

the place to go in order to ogle the

most exciting new cars, whether

that’s a madcap concept vehicle from an

obscure supplier or the latest iteration of

a popular hatchback.

We all know what happened this year,

but that didn’t stop the world’s biggest

auto brands from teasing us with glimpses

of future models online. Dominated by

electric, hybrid and alternatively-fuelled

machines, the unveils showcased a break

with styling convention – and ludicrous

performance becoming accessible to the

many, rather than the flashy few.

The facts stand: car makers are tasked

with reducing the average CO 2 levels of

their entire fleets to just 95g/km by next

year onwards. To make this a little easier

to swallow, the EU came up with the

notion of ‘super-credits’, which see

every car with CO 2 emissions of less

than 50g/km count more towards meeting

the fleet average.

It’s complicated, but essentially that

means everyone is going to offer a hybrid

or electric vehicle very soon. Good news

for the consumer, because it equates

to more choice, with an array of designs

and innovations that will be dangled like

enticing battery-powered carrots. Whether

your penchant is for a hugely powerful

sports machine or a relaxing family wagon,

there’s going to be an electric car for you.

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