CarGurus Blog (UK)

The CarGurus UK blog is packed with news, views and features about the world's most interesting cars (as well as some less interesting ones), all written by some of the UK's best motoring journalists.

Electric cars

2020 Kia Soul EV Review: the electric family car with a 280-mile range

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This 2020 Kia Soul EV is not, in fact, the first Kia Soul EV. Nor is it Kia’s only pure electric car. Truth is, the Korean manufacturer is ahead of the curve when it comes to the rollout of its EV programme.

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Renault Zoe Used Car Review (2013 to 2020): One of the most affordable used EVs you can buy

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A used Renault Zoe makes an intriguing purchase. After all, while Tesla has been hogging most of the electric car limelight, since 2013 – and with considerably less fanfare – Renault has brought zero emissions motoring to the masses in the form of its Clio-sized and fully electric Zoe five-door hatchback.

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Used Electric Car Batteries: What happens to them and can they be recycled?

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Almost 33,000 pure electric cars were sold between January and December 2019. That doesn’t sound like much, but it’s an increase of 136% on the same period in 2018, and the number of battery cars – pure electric, plug-in hybrid and full hybrid alike – looks set to continue the rapid rise.

That’s especially so if the government’s intention to have every new car offering plug-in electric running by 2040 is to be realised. While this would be an environmental win on most counts, there is an often-overlooked ecological burden associated with electric cars: the batteries. What do we do with them when they reach the point that they need to be re-used or recycled?

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