New Hyundai electric: Is this the affordable EV of the future?

Electric cars that can cope with journeys beyond the end of your street and back are like buses — you wait ages for one and several arrive at once. I’m being flippant, of course, as I know any electric car can handle a long journey, technically… if you have the patience.

The problem is that most people don’t, so while the likes of the Dacia Spring and Leapmotor T03 are cheap as chips, their advertised ranges of 140 miles and 165 miles respectively (less in the real world) are off-putting for most drivers.

I can hear the EVangelists screaming at their screens right now but, I’m sorry, it doesn’t matter how much anyone spouts the average daily journey distance figure (28 miles in the UK, according to the RAC Foundation), the average driver wants the reassurance that a trip of several hundred miles isn’t going to be like pulling teeth, regardless of how infrequent it might be.

That’s why electric cars like the Citroën e-C3, Renault 5 and the one you can see here, the new Hyundai Inster, are likely to do very well indeed. They’re around 50 per cent more expensive than the Spring and T03, yes, but can go almost twice as far on a charge — the Inster costs from £23,495 and can manage up to to 229 miles before needing to be plugged in (officially) — and that could put them in a sweet spot for miles per hard-earned pound. And with PCP offers starting at £249 per month, the Inster is very much within reach of most motorists.

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[harry]

"my test car had the “upgraded” beige and khaki plastic trim, which gave it the ambience of an aeroplane toilet or care home Love this humor ! thanks!

[NigelR-Ambienfinity]

I rather like the 'mini-jeep' look

[koseku]

my next mini caravan. im eager to see cross version

[marklola]

if only that centre dash part with all the buttons did not look vile. looks like it was shoved on like one its from a mobile home from years ago

[anthonybrown]

Decent effort what the Fiat Panda should have become the model you actually want is of course the top £27k trim puts it in with some of the actual sale prices of things like Corsa, 208 Renault 5 now lets see if they can get electric cars below £20k as for me i dont fancy caughing up nearly £10k more than for a Swift.

[MrProthall]

Any styling that tries to appeal to everyone is worthless.