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New Ferrari GT to retain V12 • Flagship replacement for the 812 shuns a V8 turbo or PHEV for a high-output V12

All-new Duster goes hybrid • Dacia SUV gains a new platform and mild-and full-hybrid versions but ditches diesel

Callum aims for Skye with off-road EV • Design group to launch hardcore electric off-roader as limited-run production model

HS2 cash to fund pothole repair

Tucson takes on neat new look

New Panamera packs bigger punch • Third-generation luxury saloon gets more power in V6 and Turbo E-Hybrid forms

BMW readies all-Neue line-up

Nissan to build its vital new EVs in UK • Sunderland plant secures production of electric successors to the Qashqai and Juke best-sellers

£2bn EV support for UK industry

HOW CARS WILL BECOME A PART OF THE ENERGY GRID

Lucid to follow 2025 UK launch with £40k Tesla rivals • Boss confirms American EV brand will come here and take on Model 3 and Model Y

LUCID BOSS SLAMS REPORTED $500K LOSS ON EACH CAR AS ‘PREPOSTEROUS’

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JLR in £10m Range Rover security fix • Major theft issue has prompted security upgrades for 65k cars

TESTER’S NOTES

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MY WEEK IN CARS

RACING LINES

PEUGEOT E-3008 • EV ushers in third generation of Peugeot’s family SUV and a platform that will underpin myriad Stellantis group models

POLESTAR 3 • Is this new large SUV just a rebadged Volvo or, as is claimed, the keen driver’s choice?

VAUXHALL CORSA • Popular supermini remains a no-frills proposition with an old-fashioned powertrain

RENAULT SCENIC • After falling out of favour as a pure MPV, it has been reinvented as a family-focused electric crossover

HYUNDAI SANTA FE • Seven-seat SUV targets lifestyle market with practical, square-jawed approach

TESLA MODEL 3 RWD • More aerodynamic styling brings longer range and there are tech upgrades inside

GUIDING SPIRIT • The story of Rolls-Royce’s first EV goes back to the days of Henry Royce more than a century ago. Matt Saunders narrates it from the sumptuous driver’s seat of the groundbreaking new Spectre

Are filling stations running dry? • The rise of the electric car is causing demand for petrol and diesel to drop. John Evans finds out how businesses are adapting

BMW i5 • Munich’s 50-year-old executive car icon goes boldly into the electric age

Data log

VERDICT • Has dynamic appeal but less convincing than BMW’s other EV saloons

PEUGEOT 408 • A hatchback? A crossover? To us, it was simply appealing, practical transport

ALFA ROMEO TONALE • Multi-stop trip with a toddler and luggage crammed in reveals plenty of positives

HONDA ZR-V • There’s a language barrier between us and the Japanese SUV

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