Choice: we all want options when it pertains to choosing our next car, be it a cheap second-hand runabout or the current state-of-the-art super-saloon. and yet there are plenty who have written off the current, still-fledgling electric car market as simply too prescriptive, with too few options in too few bodystyles.
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They may have had a point, truth be told. but this issue shows how swiftly the car makers are picking apart this resistance, either by introducing all-new EVs or additionally honing existing electrified vehicles.

‘If you like driving as we do, you’ll love driving an electric car’

First up, there’s the Skoda Enyaq, a family-friendly SUV that looks set to offer all the practicality we’ve come to expect from the VW-owned Czech brand, but sports a state-of-the-art, pure-electric powertrain.
Then there’s Porsche, which has ramped up the revised Panamera with not only a 621bhp twin-turbo V8 Turbo S flagship, but also a fresh plug-in 4S E-Hybrid that manages 552bhp and 0-62mph in just 3.7 seconds. 
But as a standard-bearer, it’s hard to top the all-new, all-electric Fiat 500. Here’s a car whose shape and execution have progressed to take advantage of the packaging and efficiency benefits that an EV can bring.
More than that, it is a recognised brand in itself, and one whose natural environment – suburban streets – is well suited to electric motoring. for every person who gotten a conventional 500 on a cheap PCP deal, there’s another who picked it for its styling and image. and if the rumours on pricing are correct, then Fiat definitely has a great chance to haul in people from both camps. 
Our first drive of the new 500 slots into the same issue where we pitch its two a lot of natural rivals against each other. Back in May, trendy electric city cars were thin on the ground. now there’s not only the 500, but also the Honda e and tiny Electric. Choice is coming, and a lot more swiftly than you might expect. 
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