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BETTER CHARGING WILL LEAD TO CHEAPER EVs

Mighty 1000bhp AMG heats up EV arms race • Successor to the GT 4-Door Coupé will pack unprecedented punch in a bespoke, electric super-saloon that will begin testing this year

Vauxhall plots sub-Corsa city car • Adam-style electric urban hatchback is expected to be priced from just £22,000

Citroën confirms cheap electric seven-seat SUV to fight Jogger

M3 engine in the frame for hot GR Supra • More focused version of Toyota’s coupé may revive GRMN badge

Government urged to improve roads in north England, Midlands

New Model 3 hits UK with £3000 price cut

Kia lays path to EV leadership • Korean firm has shared plans to achieve bold EV sales growth and be a front-runner

Push to make UK a leader in driverless tech • Project aims to cut testing costs and accelerate development

Stellantis aims to be world’s top seller of vans and pick-up trucks

Nissan sends Hyper Punk out to defy the design establishment

A TOPPED-UP BATTERY IN SECONDS? HERE’S HOW

Direct sales face toughest test • Harder trading conditions are forcing car makers using direct, agency sales to adapt

Ford cuts Mustang Mach-E price by £7000

SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Scrappage scheme under strain • TfL and vehicle breakers inundated as thousands of Londoners apply for ULEZ grant

TESTER’S NOTES

Autocar Archive

MY WEEK IN CARS

RACING LINES

CHEVROLET CORVETTE E-RAY • The first four-wheel-drive Corvette is also the first with an electrified powertrain

PRODRIVE P25 • Our minds were blown by the legendary motorsport engineering firm’s road-going rally car. Now to unleash it fully at Trac Môn

RENAULT CLIO • Bolder design for talented supermini, tested here in keenly priced hybrid form

PEUGEOT 2008 • Update to strong-selling compact crossover brings new look and better interior tech

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The modern touch • Tolman’s restomod take on the 205 GTi adds modern appeal to a hot hatch classic, but how does it fare against our current class champ? James Disdale finds out

READY TO ROLLS • Rolls-Royce has had to adapt its meticulous production lines to accommodate the new, all-electric Spectre. Felix Page finds out how it was done

PORSCHE, SERVED RARE • The Rennsport Reunion at Laguna Seca Raceway gave even the most hardcore of Porsche addicts their fix, including Andrew Frankel

How to make EVs affordable • Electric cars are more expensive than their fossil-fuel equivalents – and that’s a problem for wider EV adoption. The solution? Jesse Crosse asks the experts

‘He’s on a different planet’ • Four-time BTCC champion Ash Sutton is on track to become one of the sport’s all-time greats. Damien Smith asks the experts how he does it

Seat Ateca • Seven years after launch, what has become of this once class-leading compact SUV?

Data log

VERDICT • Once-appealing Qashqai rival now shows some signs of neglect

JAGUAR F-TYPE • This type of car has had its time. We’re about to find out if that time’s come too soon

BMW iX1 • It has...