As we communicate (9 September) is World EV Day, and to mark the occasion, DrivingElectric and its guardian agency Autovia have created ‘the proper electrical automobile’ – a model that satisfies all of the items UK shoppers may have from a zero-emissions car by mixing collectively most likely essentially the most attention-grabbing components of proper this second’s best EVs.
Working with consultants from all through our sister automotive producers Auto Express, BuyaCar, Carbuyer, CarThrottle and Evo, we now have designed the Autovia EV-21 – a hypothetical creation, nonetheless one which reveals many vehicles now on sale are already hitting the mark for shoppers looking for to make the swap to electrical motoring.
With the UK ban on combustion-engined car sales set for 2030, and the overwhelming majority of car companies having pledged to go completely electrical in Europe on or near that date, a real-world model that fulfils all these requirements is now the target for the enterprise, in order to win even most likely essentially the most reluctant holdouts over to battery-powered motoring.
The major choices of the EV-21 are primarily based totally on motorist opinion gathered by Autovia’s annual Driver Power survey of car householders, along with data on the pursuits and priorities of tens of thousands and thousands of readers of Auto Categorical and DrivingElectric, insights on the secondhand market from on-line used-car product sales site BuyaCar, plus the skilled opinions of our private writers. The car has been created by mixing components of present fashions from Audi, BMW, Citroen, Honda, Lexus, Mercedes, MG, MINI Porsche and Vauxhall.
Key components embrace the low value and servicing worth of MG’s electric models, giving a tremendous ‘£ per mile of vary’ decide, the up-to-10-year assure accessible on the Lexus UX 300e, the frugal working costs of the Vauxhall Corsa-e, the speedy 800v charging performance of the Audi e-tron GT, the country-crossing fluctuate of Mercedes EQS and the boxy practicality of the Citroen e-Berlingo (and its Peugeot and Vauxhall sister fashions).
On the additional emotional end of the spectrum, the EV-21 moreover incorporates the ultra-cool within the BMW i3, the smooth journey comfort of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, the geek-pleasing units of the Honda e, the face-bending performance of the Rimac Nevera, the involving coping with of the Porsche Taycan and the sheer sense of fulfilling inherent throughout the MINI Electric.
Commenting on the auto, Autovia editor-in-chief, Steve Fowler, talked about: “Revealing our private good electrical car by combining the best of present EVs into one hypothetical car is the best method for example that the final word breakthrough for EVs is nearer than many people realise. We considered every aspect that people love concerning the good EVs in proper this second’s market, from value and working costs, by way of to charging tempo, fluctuate, practicality and luxurious.
“This exhibits that many of the perceived issues that maintain individuals again from taking the plunge with an EV have already been solved – and that the following step is to unify all of these options within the subsequent era of EVs. We’re assured that this may occur before many individuals consider and our imagined good EV will not be hypothetical for very lengthy.”
