Motoring

MOTORISTS on a budget will be impressed with Kia’s all-electric e-Niro First Edition crossover, left, on sale in Britain from April.

And at £ 32,995 ( after deducting a £3,500 taxpayer-funded subsidy) it’s less than half the price of t the E-tron. It looks, feels and drives like a ‘proper’ car. Acceleration is brisk and instantaneous with good pulling power thanks to a robust 150kWh (201 bhp) electric motor which propels it from rest to 60 mph in 7.5 seconds up to a top speed of 104 mph. VOLKSWAGEN and Tesco have announced the largest UK retail electric vehicle charging network, powered by Pod Point. More than 2,400 charging bays across 600 Tesco stores are planned in the next three years with free standard 7kW charger or a rapid 50kW charger at a ‘market rate’.

JUST in time for Brexit, the EU plans new safety laws including fitting ‘black boxes’ to new cars to record speeds and safety systems in the event of a crash.