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Hyundai Ioniq 5 N
Hyundai N’s first and newest electric hot hatch has tech written on its sleeve. It packs dual motors, up to 641bhp and a BMW M3-beating 0-62mph time of just 3.4 sec. To help keep drivers suitably entertained, it can jolt between shifts to bolster its analogue appeal, and the engine soundtrack ‘revs’ to 8000rpm using vocals pumped through the speaker that emulate the sonic boom from fighter jets.
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is 641bhp electric hot hatch
Volkswagen ID 7
Volkswagen’s answer to the Tesla Model S arrives later this year priced from around £50,000. That nets you a 77kWh battery pack that – combined with an efficient new rear motor producing 282bhp – gives a range of 382 miles. Deliveries are expected to begin in December, following production delays as Volkswagen scaled back EV production.
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Rolls-Royce Spectre
Just as important as the Mini, its BMW Group stablemate – albeit much more exclusive and, ahem, a touch heftier – is the third electric car to enter series production in the UK: the Rolls-Royce Spectre. Tipping the scales at a hair under three tonnes but capable of matching a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 to 62mph, the 577bhp Spectre promises to be one of the most beguiling and technologically impressive cars of the modern era. It is built around the latest iteration of Rolls-Royce’s Architecture of Luxury and draws its energy from a mammoth 120kWh battery, good for a claimed 323 miles between charges. It’s also one of the most aero-efficient cars around and the stiffest car the firm has put into production so far. The most advanced Rolls-Royce since FAB 1? It should well be, given its £275,000 pre-options price.