Ep 111: BMW i3 prices revealed, Best EVs for summer… and a superfast Zeekr
The Kilowatt Half Hour · Jun 23, 2026
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Car
Hyundai Ioniq
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is an all-electric SUV-style car. Instead of using gasoline, it runs on a battery and you charge it by plugging it in. People talk about it because it’s meant to be a practical EV for everyday driving.
Car
Ioniq 3
The Ioniq 3 is an electric vehicle prototype that Hyundai was testing. A prototype is a near-final or experimental version used to show how a future car might drive and feel. The podcast mention is about the host’s experience driving that prototype.
Term
prototype
A prototype is an early, test version of a car. It’s built so engineers can try it out and fix problems before the final version goes on sale.
Term
embargoes
An embargo is a rule that says you can’t share certain information about a new car until a specific date. It helps the company and media release details at the same time.
Car
Hyundai IONIQ 6N
The Hyundai IONIQ 6N is a sportier, performance-focused electric version of the IONIQ 6. The “N” badge usually means it’s tuned to feel more exciting to drive than the regular model.
Term
dual motor
A dual-motor EV has two electric motors instead of one. That usually means better acceleration and the car can manage grip more effectively.
Term
0-62
“0-62” is how fast a car goes from standing still to 62 mph. Lower time usually means the car feels quicker when you press the accelerator.
Term
3.3 seconds
A 3.3-second 0-62 means it reaches 62 mph in just over three seconds. That’s very fast and usually feels like a big shove when you accelerate.
Car
Mclaren F1
The McLaren F1 is a legendary supercar from the 1990s. People talk about it because it was insanely quick and special compared to other cars back then.
Car
BMW i3
The BMW i3 is BMW’s electric car. Here, they’re talking about the new i3’s UK launch edition—what it costs, how far it can go on a charge, and how quickly it accelerates.
Term
launch edition
A “launch edition” is the special early version of a new car when it first goes on sale. It usually has a particular set of features and a specific price for the initial buyers.
Term
560 miles of range
“Range” is how far the car can go on one full battery charge. “560 miles” is the stated estimate, but your actual miles can be less depending on how you drive and the weather.
Term
0 to 62
“0 to 62” means how long it takes the car to accelerate from a standstill up to 62 (usually miles per hour, or about 100 km/h). Lower time generally means quicker acceleration.
Term
50X drive
“50X drive” is the name BMW uses for a particular version of the i3. It’s the version they’re quoting for the price and the battery range numbers in this segment.
Term
Neuer-class design language
BMW’s “Neue Klasse” is BMW’s next big direction for future electric cars. When they say “design language,” they mean the consistent look and styling features BMW is using across that new generation.
Term
tech stack
A “tech stack” is basically all the computer systems in the car working together. Here, the host means the EV’s software and electronics seem to be working smoothly.
Car
Mercedes-Benz GLC
The Mercedes-Benz GLC is a luxury SUV. It’s designed to be comfortable for everyday driving and it’s usually aimed at people who want a nicer interior. In a comparison, it can be used as a baseline for size and feel.
Car
iX3 (G08)
The BMW iX3 is an electric SUV. It’s designed to be similar in size and purpose to a regular SUV, but it runs on a battery instead of gasoline. In a podcast, it’s often brought up when people compare EVs that are meant for everyday driving.
Car
Renault Twingo
The Renault Twingo is a small car made for city driving. It’s meant to be easy to park and drive in tight spaces. People often talk about it when comparing different versions of the same model.
Concept
dacha hipster concept
A “concept” car is basically a show car that previews ideas. Here, “dacha hipster” is just a humorous way of describing the style or personality they’re aiming for.
Concept
quadrocycled
“Quadrocycled” is a reference to very small, light vehicles (quadricycles) that are often treated differently by regulations than regular cars. The point here is that the car sounds like it’s aiming for that tiny, simple category.
Concept
K car
A “K car” (kei car) is Japan’s category of ultra-compact vehicles built to meet strict limits on size and engine displacement. The category is popular because it can come with practical benefits like lower running costs and easier city maneuvering.
Car
VLE Mercedes Vle
The Mercedes VLE is an electric Mercedes vehicle that the podcast host says someone has driven. Test drives are used to show what the car is like in real life, not just on paper. The key point is that it’s part of the EV lineup being reviewed.
Concept
Barnard bargain
They’re joking about a “bargain” deal. The important part is that they’re comparing cars based on what the deal costs you each month and what you put down.
Car
Alpine A290
The Alpine A290 is a small car that’s meant to be fun to drive. In your podcast, it’s being compared to another small car, the Renault 5. The comparison is likely about how they differ in driving character and overall package.
Car
Renault five
The Renault 5 is a small EV from Renault. Here they’re talking about which version to buy, and whether you should pay extra for features like heated seats.
Term
Techno Plus
“Techno Plus” is a more fully equipped version of the car. It’s basically the trim level, and in this case they’re saying it still doesn’t have heated seats.
Term
heated seats
Heated seats are seats with built-in warming. They’re especially useful in winter, which is why the hosts call them a deal breaker.
Place
Baloco
Balocco is a place where car companies test and evaluate vehicles. In this segment, it’s where the hosts went to drive the car for a launch.
Company
Stalantis
This is the automaker Stellantis (the transcript says “Stalantis”). They run test facilities and events where journalists can drive cars.
Term
Brimbo brakes
Brembo is a company that makes high-performance brakes. If a car has Brembo brakes, it typically stops better and can handle repeated hard braking without overheating as quickly.
Concept
PCP
PCP is a way to finance a car with monthly payments and a big final payment at the end. You can usually hand the car back, trade it in, or pay the final amount to keep it.
Term
boot space
“Boot space” just means how much stuff you can fit in the back of the car, like suitcases. With EVs, the battery can change how much room there is.
Term
N.Y.A.C.
“N.Y.A.C.” sounds like a shorthand for the EV brand/model they’re discussing. In this clip it isn’t spelled out clearly enough to confirm exactly which car it is.
Term
82 kilowatt hour
“Kilowatt-hour” (kWh) is how big the EV’s battery is—basically how much energy it can store. “82 kWh” usually means the car can go farther than smaller-battery EVs, depending on driving and weather.
Term
Race blue
“Race blue” is a named paint color—basically the car’s exterior color. People mention it because it can be a specific factory color, not just “blue.”
Car
Chevrolet Nova
The Chevrolet Nova is an older model of car from Chevrolet. It’s the kind of car people bring up when talking about classic cars or specific examples they’ve found. The key point is that it’s a well-known nameplate from earlier decades.
Car
Kia EV3
The Kia EV3 is an all-electric car from Kia. The podcast mentions someone waiting to buy a specific EV3 version called the GT-Line Limited. That means it’s about choosing an EV with particular features when it becomes available.
Term
one wiper
They’re saying the car’s windshield wipers only work on one side. It’s a small but telling detail about the car’s condition and how it’s still functioning.
Term
app
They’re talking about the phone app that works with the electric car. It can help you control charging and see what’s going on without guessing.
Term
garage charger cable
They mean the cable you use to plug the electric car in at home. If it’s stored awkwardly or too short, it can be annoying to use every day.
Concept
charging cable
The discussion centers on how EV owners physically handle the charging cable—specifically whether there’s a “right” way to manage it. While the cable itself is a basic tool, the concept here is about practical charging habits (storage, unrolling, and setup) that can affect usability and daily routine.
Term
secret charging spots
They’re talking about EV chargers that most people don’t know about. Because fewer people use them, you’re more likely to find an open charger.
Car
Volkswagen Id7
This sounds like an electric Volkswagen wagon. The point is that it’s the kind of EV that needs charging stations, and people use apps to find the best ones.
Place
Summercourt
Summercourt is a place in Cornwall. They’re saying the charger is near there, so it’s easier to locate if you’re in the area.
Term
electroverse octopus card
They’re talking about an Octopus Energy charging card/program. If you use it at certain chargers, you can often get cheaper electricity than paying normally.
Company
Mercedes Ben's World
That’s a Mercedes-Benz visitor site. They’re saying you can get free EV charging there if you’re visiting.
Place
Weybridge
Weybridge is a town in England. They’re saying the free charging option is at a Mercedes-Benz place there.
Term
22 kilowatt hour charges
They’re saying the free charging is limited by an amount of electricity (measured in kWh). So you might be able to charge for a while, but it stops once you’ve used up that free electricity allowance.
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Hello and welcome to the kilowatt half hour, a podcast about the world of EVs brought to
you by the team at electrifying.com.
Hello and on the show this week, do you know what?
We're going to be celebrating you.
You are listeners and the people that watch us and where you're joining us from in the
world.
We're also, given the sun has finally made an appearance in the UK, going to be chatting
about the best EVs for summer and of course all the news that's been happening over the
course of the last week.
Joining me today, we have Mike and we have Vicky.
Hello.
How are you?
Yeah, good.
Thank you.
Yeah, too bad.
Yes, sun's out.
We're all happy.
Woohoo.
We had technical problems, but we're now here and we're recording and the sun's out and
all is good in the world.
So what's been going on?
What have you been driving you to?
What have you been up to?
Well, you go ahead.
I've got nothing to say.
I've got nothing except, well, I have got something.
Well, nothing is I'd say.
Vicky, you go first.
Well, I paused because I've been driving something very exciting, but I'm not allowed to tell
you what it's like.
I can tell you what I drove.
So I drove a prototype of the Hyundai IONIQ 3 and that's all I'm going to say.
End of.
Otherwise, I get all sorts of very angry Hyundai people telling me about embargoes, but yeah,
you can look forward to that.
Driving impressions early July.
So I've spent a lot of my week out with Hyundai and on the Hyundai note, I also had the IONIQ
6N in for a few days, the weekend prior to that, which was absolutely epic.
The one I had in was black and it was like, I don't know, it was like nightriders car,
but for 2026, you know, it was so cool.
I kind of just wanted to have all the lights and everything.
It looked amazing.
And I just want to say, God, we've talked about the N cars so much and I love them.
I just think there's such a fantastic kind of poster child for what you can do with an
EV in terms of performance, but it's not just about the performance because of driving the
six and I thought this about the five as well, despite the weight of these cars, the way
those cars drive in terms of their damping and the suspension and the steering, they're
so brilliant.
Actually, the performance to me is kind of far down the priority list after that.
It's the fact that they feel like proper performance cars, really intense, but also really liveable
daily, you know, really beautifully set up.
Yeah, they're so proper and I really, really loved the six and I think for my personal
life, if I had a choice, I would go for the five just because it means I can have all
that fun, but also get the dogs in the back when I need to sort of.
That's kind of that's really it.
But I mean, yeah, I can absolutely see what you would.
It's a great thing.
I haven't driven it yet.
Have you driven it, Mike?
No, I haven't.
No, I had a normal five.
I really, really like to get it going.
Okay, this isn't this is a note for this week.
Yeah, we're going to book them in, Mike, and we'll do a swap between the two of us.
We'll get a five and a six in because I've driven the five, but it was so long ago.
It was before it was even on sale and it was a pre-production version somewhere in America
and I literally had like 20 minutes in it and it was raining.
So it's kind of not what I don't feel like I've fully experienced.
How is that possibly by right?
We're on this.
We're going to sort it out.
Right, like somebody from Hyundai PR can give us a call straight away.
We'll put them in.
So what I've been, I've been out driving again, something that I'm in not performance in that
way, but I've been out driving the Zika 7 GT, which again, I can't talk about yet.
Depending on when you're listening to this, there may be the first drive live, but driving
impressions are under embargo and I drove the really punchy dual motor version, which
is 0-62 in 3.3 seconds.
I'm a child of the 90s.
The 90s were my decade.
Well, I'm not.
I just bloody love that decade.
I'm not actually a child of the 90s, but that was my, you know, you have a decade where
you're just like, oh, this is me.
That was my vibe for the 90s.
And I was thinking, wow, it's such a crazy speed that isn't it?
But we're getting so used to these throwing these 3.3 seconds around.
I thought, what were like the poster cars of the 90s?
Oh, I know.
Let's think.
OK.
Go on.
Come up with some poster cars of the 90s for me, you two.
Post-cars of the 90s?
Oh, my God.
How would you go?
I've got which one I went for, but which one I went for as the comparison.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, I've gone completely blank.
Oh, no.
That's OK.
That's OK.
That's OK.
Oh, it's OK.
OK.
The orange.
I'm saying I'm giving orange as a clue.
Lamborghini?
No, it's a rubbish clue.
That McLaren.
The McLaren F1.
Hypercar.
OK.
So that was like one of the most celebrated supercars of the 90s.
And do you know what?
This Jim Lotus Eco GT is quicker than that.
Apart from it's got five seats, a huge boot and someone's put your shop in
and also the dog.
It's quicker than the McLaren F1.
Yeah.
Wow.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's insane.
It's insane, isn't it?
I know.
And then so then, yeah.
So yeah, it does.
And then it just got me thinking about other things in the 90s.
So they've got this screen in there, which is 35.5 inches,
which is 91.7 centimetres for our metric friends who are listening.
And that, I thought, again, back to the 90s, so much good stuff in the 90s.
You know, 8080s and Blair and Sony Walkmans and Sex in the City
and all that kind of stuff.
But TVs were not big.
And the head up display in this car is bigger than the average size
of a TV in the 90s.
So that's that is how technology is moving on.
So there you go.
So I've been driving that.
That's about all I can say about it, but there will be a video dropping soon.
Oh, and I swallowed a fly as well.
So did you have anything nice to eat on the board?
Which thanks to our brilliantly efficient video team, thanks, Johnty,
was clipped and up on the internet by the time we got on the flights,
I literally midflow a fly through flew into my mouth and I swallowed it.
So any repercussions since?
I mean, you're still alive now, unless this is a hologram like the Abba.
I think so. Have you tried following the spider to catch it?
Is that is that what happens next?
I don't know. Is there is that what is it?
The spider that goes down after the fly and then something goes down
after the spider? I don't know. There's a there's a series, isn't there?
God, I didn't. Doesn't it end with an old woman?
And I'm definitely not following an old woman for sure.
I don't know.
Anyway, so, yeah, if you want to laugh, it's there on the internet.
We swallow in a fly midflow cotton camera.
This is nice, but I'll tell you more about Zeke 7 GT next week.
What about you, Mike? What have you been up to?
I can't compete with with 3.3.
I've got a don't hate me.
I have a black Volkswagen T-Roc petrol on my driver
because my buzz went in for its two recalls, actually.
Oh, and yeah.
So it's been there for two days.
I've said, of course, it's really come back, but so I've got this loan car.
I got in it manual gearbox.
Oh, my God.
Right. And and somewhere to put your key, you know, like a twisty ignition.
Takes a brand new car.
But what I tell you what manual gearbox is what an almighty faff.
Do you want to?
The dealership is on a really busy roundabout
where you need the kind of reactions of a pilot to spot the gap.
Right. And so I literally just picked this car up seats in the wrong position.
It's on, you know,
Karang FM and there's like a turn everything down.
And I've got to work out with a clutch bite.
I feel like, you know, I was when I was 17 learning to drive again,
you know, trying to fire myself across this roundabout with the gap
was in rush hour in the morning.
So yeah, I hate it.
Horrible. That sounds awful.
That's what I get.
And I keep getting into it with my keys in my pocket because you used it.
We're used to that, aren't we now?
And but you've got to go and get the keys out of the pocket and turn it.
I know this is very much first world problem, but I can't wait for it to go back.
I know my son's like in the process of, well,
shortly we'll be learning to drive.
I think I've talked about this before on the podcast,
which is I'm sure going to be really traumatic for me.
And he wants to learn in a manual.
So why?
I don't know.
Well, could we get him on?
We'll get him on the podcast.
We can all try and talk sense into him.
He really does.
He really has.
He's done a little bit of carting and a little bit of sort of
and a bit of like track driving in, in a manual.
And I think he thinks it's like a badge of honour.
I'm like, it's really not.
But anyway, crack on.
So, yeah, that will be interesting to report back.
Absolutely.
Shall we move on to news?
Because we have got some big news from BMW.
The new I3.
Orders have opened, I think, early because they had such massive demand for it.
So what they've done is they've brought the launch edition out a bit early.
So you're now going to be able to order that in the UK.
So it's under £58,000 for the launch edition for the 50X drive
with more than 560 miles of range you're talking and 0 to 62 in 4.7 seconds.
That's not bad value, is it?
I don't think that's pretty remarkable.
I've not, I've not, you know, I haven't seen the I3 actually.
Jen, you went out and did it, didn't you?
It looks incredible, but.
Yeah, I did.
I did the first look video of that.
And I did that the full on like, like, like just open the curtains
and see it for the first time.
And I really like the way it looks.
I really do.
I think I think BMW are nailing it at the moment.
I think they've got this Neuer-class design language is looking great.
I think it's going to be really interesting.
We've got a BMW I3 long term coming in, haven't we?
And I really want to see what what is that?
Can we do the 500 and is it 501?
I know that's Volvo's 501, isn't it?
It's a 500 miles of range from it.
And, yeah, they said that the tech stack seems to work really well.
The time I've spent in an I3, because I think we, you and I were both in one
for a few weeks, weren't we, this year?
I just thought I thought everything's working brilliantly on it.
And again, I found it pretty efficient at the time,
but I want to do some longer journeys.
But yeah, I think this one, I think the reason, I mean, you can be cynical
and say, you know, they just want to get as much money into the coffers as they can.
But I think also what what happened with the I3 is they were really taken
about by the orders, weren't they, that came here?
And I suppose they just want to get ahead of it as well.
So I guess the interest has been huge.
Absolutely.
Apparently, if you are patient enough, then you can wait until a bit later this year.
And there will be, I think, a slightly, slightly lower spec, of course.
But I think prices will start from 53.
So it'd be interesting to see sort of final confirmed details of all of that stuff.
But I mean, yeah, amazing stuff.
I think I think it's going to sell so well.
I can't wait to drive it.
So yeah, it'd be amazing.
Very exciting.
We've got that battle.
We've got a battle coming up, haven't we?
Because Mercedes, again, just as it did the, oh, here's the GLC and here's the IX3
and we've got the Mercedes electric C class coming.
So absolutely.
In the meanwhile, anybody seen Audi anywhere?
No.
No.
No, Audi.
God, yeah.
What happened to them?
I don't know.
I don't know. Anyway, should we move on?
OK.
It's mean.
Are we mean?
Are we? Are we mean?
I'm not mean.
I don't like Audi.
I want them to understand what they're doing.
It's just I don't know where the cars are.
I mean, well, we have got the A2 coming, haven't we, which is going to be electric.
And that is making me very, very exciting.
And then we've got OK.
All right. Yeah.
Have you got anything for us, Mike?
Let's move on.
Well, yeah, one of the other end of the scale
to bring you some light with your shade.
The we know that the Dutch Datcher made a big announcement
that the the new the new spring is coming.
And we need to clear some time in the decks to discuss this now,
because I can hear all the facts we know right now.
OK, so you ready?
Got pen and paper ready? OK, OK.
OK, it's exciting.
And we've been tested on the top, but is that what?
Is that what? Yeah.
It's going to be called the spring.
Oh.
And that's all I'm afraid that's all we know.
They put a press release out, say the new spring is going to be called
the spring and it's coming later on this year.
And I think we we even work that second ourselves.
But yes, it's like being sort of the Paris Motor Show in October.
And we know nothing.
So, you know, Sam has written a fantastic
news story where we speculated about all the various things it could be.
It could be a kind of a rebadged version of the current car,
which is based on the Renault quid,
which is a sort of cheap car made for the Renault quid.
It's a KWID. Sam's making that up.
There is not.
It's a KWID. That is not a real thing.
It's it's quite a cheap old thing built from the markets.
Yeah, that's not that's not been built with a brick market in mind.
Is it the Renault quid?
Well, I don't think it's really not.
So it could be a reworked version of that.
But then the current spring is a reworked version of the old one.
So it's like triggers brewing with three new heads and four new handles.
So it has been really.
So whether or not it might be Sam's speculated or it might be a different
version of the Twingo, I can't see that you're going to the huge
extent of completely redesigning car on the small platform
because it will stop being a very cheap car.
So or whether it takes the form of that
that the the dacha hipster concept you went to see.
Yeah, which is kind of an in between a K car and a quadrocycled in a car.
But it's I wonder if they're going to kind of wait, though,
for K car rules to be firmed up,
you should come out with something even smaller because we I don't know.
What seems like we've been talking about this for about six months,
that there are European K car rules coming down the line.
Well, it's going to be called the spring,
but that is literally all the press release said, didn't it?
It just is a new car coming out later on.
It's going to be called the spring.
That's it.
OK, that sort of leads us on nicely to the Honda end, doesn't it?
Talking about K cars, which we were going to talk about.
Video has gone live, literally the Honda Super End that Lucas did
has just gone live, which is well worth a watch.
I'm quite intrigued by that car.
I think it looks cool.
I like the concept.
I like the fact that they deliberately made it fun, but not too fast, etc.
Et cetera. I really, really like it.
I just worry that people aren't going to buy it.
I just don't know.
Is it too expensive still?
A sort of 19 odd grand?
I think I think it's probably still too expensive.
It needs to be 14, 15.
You know, it's it's a bit too it's too much.
I think it does.
I think that's the problem is when you look at what you're getting now
for that money, look at Twingo.
What would you rather have it have a Twingo?
Well, yeah, me too.
We've got the smart to coming as well or hashtag to I should say.
So there is a bit of rivalry in that kind of class, which I'm really
confused about.
I think we all all of us like little cars.
I love K cars.
I'm all for that.
K cars.
But it does have to make sense to the consumer.
And in the UK, you have to look at some of those things and just think,
well, it might make sense in Tokyo, but does this particular car?
That's how I feel about the Honda.
I really want it to do well because it's cool.
About 123 miles of combined range for 19 grand.
I don't know.
Just the Honda e all over again, isn't it?
Little bit.
Not quite enough range and not cheap enough, you know, that you say.
Sell it.
Sell it for 14 grand.
You don't fly in at the door.
Yeah, I hope the Honda proves me wrong because maybe they'll do some
amazing deals.
Maybe it'll be super cheap on monthly's.
That would be really cool.
So if you can get it, you know, Dutch spring prices on monthly's,
maybe that would be a different story.
So if they do that, maybe that will that will sort of change it a bit.
Because I do think it's a great little car, isn't it?
It looks so cool.
I'm really looking forward to driving on those.
So, yeah, so that's one of the videos that have gone live.
What else have we got?
Ginny, what else have we got?
We've got the Renae Plain Seward has gone live.
And I think just in and as if by magic, they're appeared on the
Electrifying website, the best EVs for summer.
And then also they're appeared the Sunshine, which is just like
not been happening as we know.
So it's just been abused for a week.
So and it's the Plain Seward.
We'll talk about this in the comments later about the correct pronunciation.
Mike, you did that one.
Best EVs for summer.
Yeah, I love this.
I mean, like the video is brilliant, isn't it?
Nicola just goes, oh, you've all messed up.
Haven't you? You didn't wait for this one.
And it is the one, isn't it?
It's the one.
It does look right.
It looks very right, doesn't it?
There's a nice sort of rear three quarters, sort of slightly high shot of it
with the roof all pulled back and everything.
And it just looks it looks great.
It looks really good.
I don't know why they didn't have that from the start, because even it wasn't ready
or they figured you get the early adopters, put their orders in.
And then the second lot of early adopters put their order in.
But it does look cracking.
Looks like a car it always should have been from the start.
But yeah, so you're £1,500 for that roof, too, isn't it?
Which I think we need to put over the monthly.
That's that's quite tempting, isn't it?
I think I would.
I'm very fond of my the red.
Well, not my, but I've been running an R4 for a few weeks.
I know he's been passed on to somebody else now.
But I've grown really fond of it.
I think fund is a very, you know, it's the word I'm using for that car.
I think it's really sweet.
Anything else in the convertibles or cars for summer?
Mike's, I think what was interesting is not that long ago, there really wasn't
much choice out there.
And there's not a lot of choice, but we're getting there a bit, aren't we?
There's not a lot.
And if you want, if you want the proper sort of roof down, you know,
nothing behind your head kind of thing, then there are really only two options.
The Cybister, which you went on the launch of, you quite enjoyed
the one that's long term and hated.
So we're kind of trying to get the loop or water between you.
You know, it should be.
Can I just caveat that by saying the day I drove that I had a stomach bug
and I spent most of that day pulling over and labising Scotland, throwing up in between.
So I think I don't know.
And it wasn't the car.
It was a very bad name.
I don't know. No idea what it was.
So I didn't actually ever drive it at any point, really full throttle.
I didn't really, because obviously when you're feeling quite sick,
that's not a thing, is it?
And it wasn't the car making me sick.
It was definitely a stomach bug.
I liked it. I haven't really driven it since, but you I think you liked it
more less than me, given the fact that that was my experience of driving it.
I'd probably go with what Vicki thinks than me, to be honest about that one.
I don't know.
It's really tricky on the Cybister, because I just think it's one of those cars
that it's it's just frustrating because it's so close to being really cool
and really great and kind of a really important, you know, milestone.
It's it's MG really going out there and making looks like a Lamborghini.
You get people responding to it like it's a supercar.
And I think that's part of the reason why I like it is I do love how it looks.
It's fantastic.
Really good job on that.
And it's just the fact that I found the infotainment almost unusable.
It was just so annoying.
And and I do think the driving position might couldn't drive it.
He would literally probably try to try to can't do it, because there's
so little headroom for the driver.
Yeah, you see, it was literally been built for me, that car, hasn't it?
It's one of the very few cars that actually was probably why I liked it.
Whereas anything by McLaren, I have to put like a little padded seat
in as well, like a child's seat, so I can touch the pedals.
Literally, McLaren's it does not make me.
It's just really not.
Anyway, but yeah, check that out if you are tempted by convertibles in summer.
And also, why is the convertible?
Why is the electric MX five?
I'm just going to say that every podcast.
Can somebody make an electric MX five, please?
And we bring the pop up headlights.
That's supposed to be in here like last year.
Where's the box to go?
It's just a kid.
What is it gone?
Well, yeah, what happened?
What does anybody hasn't Porsche said that it's delayed it
because it's gone back to doing it's doing it's doing.
I hate I hate to say it.
I think it's doing ice versions, isn't it?
So it's not going to go for something.
I think I think it's had a little read then come afraid.
OK, hopefully soon for the.
Soon. Yeah. OK, OK.
Right. And other videos that we have got going out just we've got the
as said, as we're depending on when you are listening to and watching this,
the Zika seven duty first drive and also Nikki has been out to drive
the Mercedes VLE as well.
So those are heading onto the channel.
And we've got loads of other stuff.
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And also the algorithms like it, don't they?
Right, it's got a bargain for us.
Has anybody got a Barnard bargain?
Yeah, we've got a comparison.
And Tom's put a comparison here between the Renault five and the A290.
When he's posing the question here, said on exactly the same terms.
The five is 200 and 38 pounds a month
and the Alpine 10100 and 82 pounds a month.
And they're both with deposits of 2100 and 49
for the five or 3400 and 42 for the Alpine.
So I see it a lot more, doesn't it?
It just seemed a lot more.
And as I mean, as you know,
more a month for an Alpine.
It's a worth it.
I'd go for the Renault five every day of the week.
Every day. I mean, I absolutely love the Alpine 8290
It is a it is a thing of joy.
It is a car that actually does belong in the nineties, I think.
I just love it so much.
And but yes, the Renault five, that's good, isn't it?
On the five. And is it the one with it?
So is it Techno Plus?
Techno Plus.
Still doesn't get the heated seats now, does it?
I know, it's really annoying.
Oh, deal breaker, deal breaker.
Deal breaker. Well, I did miss them in winter.
I did. I did.
I know. Anyway, let us know.
What would you go for?
Would you fork out a bit more for the Alpine?
Or would you save some cash and go for the Renault five?
Got a used one as well, haven't we?
A used car bar 600 a go on Mike.
I like this.
I'd like quite like I did.
I went to drive this
on the launch at Baloco, which is a fear now for the Stalantis's test track
in the middle of nowhere.
And but it's fantastic.
It's really kind of been opened up for for sort of journalist test driving
and that sort of thing. So they got fantastic try.
That was really I was really impressed with it, because they really throw
in the kitchen sink at the 600 a about, you know, they kind of it's got
Brimbo brakes, it's got all kind of like who's who of motorsport
managed supplies that put bits in it.
It's kind of a car you look at.
You think they're not making anything on this.
They certainly won't be making anything on it at the price we've found it,
which is 10 grand cheaper than you.
So it's used about 600 a 2025
So last year, 4800 miles.
Well, it's 255 which I think is about right for that car.
Because I think they were trying to sell it for 35
which is rather optimistic for a car with the range that it's got,
which is 200 miles.
Yeah, I thought it's great.
I mean, if you if you were going on that one of those on a PCP for a couple of years,
I don't think you'd regret it.
It's a really good car.
Well, I found I found a deal on the Arbath 600 a,
which is expired now, and that was for it was it was 200 and fifty
quid a month. Yeah.
For an hour.
Really, on a sort of it was like nine months down and three years, you know,
it was it was a standard terms.
It was unbelievably good value, but that only lasted a few days.
And I guess they sold out of the stock they had.
But yeah, they do have them.
There was a guy running a park run on Saturday and he had one white one.
And he said he was paying under 200 pounds a month for it.
Wow. He said I had to make the decision there.
And then it's white.
He had no choice on the color.
It was a place in Macclesfield and they just shipped it down.
Two days later, he had it and he just said it's brilliant.
So yeah, but the deal's gone.
It's like you say, it's like they just flash get rid of twenty cars kind of moment.
Don't they? Exactly.
Yeah. Good car.
Should we do a welcome to our electric virgin of the week?
Because I have one, a personal welcome to make to Jason,
who is an amazing private hire driver who has been picking me up and taking
me to airports and all over the place for years, years and years and years.
And about he knows what I do for a living.
We talk about cars all the time, about five years ago.
He had to drive me to something in the Midlands and we were chatting and he was
like, I'll never be able to do this in electric car.
I'll never be able to do this in electric cars.
And Jason, you mark my words.
It was 2021
You mark my words.
Five years time, there will be the infrastructure that you feel confident in.
There will be cars within a range.
There will be. He's like, no, no, I won't be able to get the luggage in.
The boot space and all of that.
I said, there will be five years, five years, pretty much to the month.
He took delivery of his first electric car two weeks ago,
and he picked me up from Gatwick Airport in it last night after a very delayed flight.
I got in at like, I ended up getting home at like, I don't know,
that was three or something.
And it was so nice to get into any guesses, knowing me as well as you do,
the two of you, what car he ended up buying.
I've got it's got to be an N.Y.A.C.
Hasn't it? It has to be.
It was an N.Y.A.C.
Really?
It's bought a second hand N.Y.A.C.
He spotted it in the electrifying used car listings.
He sent it over, sent it around the team.
He was like, I really got my eyes on this one.
And it was it was the 82 kilowatt hour.
And it's it's that lovely blue colour.
I can't remember the name of that blue colour, that bright blue.
Race blue. Race blue.
And it's got a brown interior. Nice.
On your ex-sweet interior.
You're very nice here.
Goodness, I felt very fancy in it.
And it's found me around the M25 until the road works,
of course, chucked us off through some random place.
And I slept in it because it was lovely and smooth.
And he's been I think like three or four weeks now.
And he said it's working absolutely brilliant.
All the stuff he worried about, it's actually fine.
He's he's not done the really big long trip in it yet,
but he's not too worried about that at all.
I think he's done sort of Bristol and a few places like that.
And he's just over the moon.
So welcome, Jason.
What mark my words exactly what I said five years to the day.
You were in one. So that's brilliant.
Excellent. So OK, moving on to other people.
We've had loads of comments in Vic, haven't we,
about where people listen from.
And we just thought we'd celebrate you all a bit and say hi.
Shall we? Shall we go through some?
Go on then. Why don't you start off with the first one?
What are we going to do? OK, I will do.
So a big hello to all of our electrifiers around the world.
Who have been messaging us to say where you listen from.
So we're going to rattle through and just do a welcome to everybody.
And if we we miss you, let us know.
As I said, we always do read the comments.
So first of all, going to say hi to Kaseku three.
I'm from Turkey, where the Ioniq three will be manufactured.
Hello, Turkey. It's just like Eurovision.
Who else have we got?
So we've got at Debin Nova, Scotia.
I've got a suspicion where they might be.
I'm listening from McKees Mills in New Brunswick, Canada,
waiting to hopefully buy an EV3 GT line limited within about nine months.
Amazing. I really, really want to go to Canada and spend some time there.
I've only visited briefly, but I'd love to go.
Let's get let's get to know Debin Nova, Scotia really well.
Maybe devil devil hostess or we can have a team meeting at Debin Nova, Scotia's house.
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, and I kind of dreaded getting something I can't pronounce,
but there we are straight away at Missy one, Gunk says,
I'm currently listening for a work posting in sunny Accuray,
I'm going to go for in Iceland.
And I'm usually in deepest, darkest Wales,
which probably had even less pronounceable name.
So welcome Iceland and welcome Wales as well.
It's very scary from the Welsh town.
I'm going for the easy pronunciation at lovely Munich in south of Germany.
S N at SNZT 778 is watching the podcast from there.
Keep it up guys.
B R, like says, so welcome Germany.
We've got at Bob down 6981 Queensland, Australia.
Yes. They say if I'd seen Nicola on a plane,
I would have given her my business class seat.
So there you go.
So I did message Nick to say what was this about?
And she's no idea, but she said, Bob, you are an absolute legend.
And she just says thank you.
And she really hoped she bumped into you on a plane one day.
There we go.
We've got Marcus Alonso for 358 says,
of course, you have plans in Spain.
Did you question it?
We must have done.
I'm and I'm the biggest one of them.
Great job, girls.
Videos.
And your funny reviews on the web.
And of course, never miss the podcast.
Keep it up.
Hello, Spain.
We're going back to Canada.
Dr. Reavers, Hyphen Canada, great show and a couple of pint emojis.
So yeah, thank you, Canada.
Right, I've got a really easy one to pronounce here.
So at Prakash, Naris, Mulu, 3332
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Hello, South Africa.
This is like doing Eurovision.
It's great. This is great fun.
Oh, OK.
So yes, Ricky Bryan.
Sorry, I missed the plot here.
So that's all right.
No, it's.
So it also helps that Jimmy's changing it in the script
as I'm really sorry.
I'm doing it in a lie dot.
It's a.
We're going to be a quick battle through the world.
I've got my eyes on the.
Come on, we're going to be devoting.
My eyes had failed for a minute.
I really keep Brian says I'm listening from Canberra, Australia,
the woke capital to the highest EV sales.
Yeah, we love Canberra and our
barrage at our barrage 69 listening from Breast Airport, Sumatam.
Bonjour, our barrage 69.
I've got at Vox star.
I might be the Tasmanian viewer.
We might have more than one Kangaroo Island is in South
South Australia.
So it is my bad.
And apparently we're still welcome to come to Tassie, though.
Some of the best driving roads going about the place haven't been there either.
So maybe we could also all come and do a like a kind of road trip
from Vox stars house and, you know, just visit our
our audience around the world.
Go on, Mike, one for you.
OK, we've got Chris Q3 for X for E.
Chris from the Jurassic Coast in the UK.
Oh, a neighbor, presumably.
And I always watch you guys on electrifying.
Keep up the usual excellent stuff.
OK, I'll take this one at Grizzled HP to more chaos.
Thanks for the fun from the Netherlands.
Love the K.A.H. show, my favourite weekly programme on YouTube.
OK, right, we're carrying on at job.
Good morning from Exotic Cambridge.
Hello, Cambridge.
OK, shall we wrap it up now?
Shall I wrap it up with the hardest ones, Pranams,
that we've done yet so far just to show that I'm game for it at.
Are you sure?
Well, 5749
Hello from a small suburb in Chattisgar, India.
And I know I've got that wrong.
Chattisgar, India.
So please correct me with the right one.
But thank you.
We could have gone on and there were absolutely loads more in there
from the Snowy Mountains from Australia, from Blackpool,
from Portugal, from Poland, from Oregon State
in the US.
And we actually really love that you you join us from around the world.
So thank you.
We're going to stick with a European theme for this next one,
because Nick was talking about the fact she's been out driving the plain suit,
plan suit, and there was lots of discussion about pronunciation around that.
So Andre, CJ3EC, message in to say,
I am a French speaker, Nicholas first attempt to say plan suit was quite good.
I also have a 17 year old son named Zachary, which was me.
Any pause in moaning is a victory.
Just kidding. He's a great kid.
They're all great kids, but they moan.
I'm with you. I'm with you, Andre.
What else do we have on plan suit? Anyone?
We've got Act Bay Westy, who says I'm a French national.
Nicola pronounces plan suit correctly, but with a Swiss accent, apparently.
There you go.
Chris Townsend says, nice to hear the very four getting some love.
I'm three weeks into the first time lease and first time EV in the Renault four.
It's a brilliant car, especially for the money.
But for some reason, you never seem to see them on the roads.
Plenty of fives, but no fours.
Yes, fair enough. I've seen a lot of fives. I haven't seen that many.
I'm starting to see fours now.
I wonder if actually there's been a kind of a shipload of them have come in
because I've seen quite a few on the roads, just literally in the last two or three weeks.
So I wonder, I think possibly they're kind of just about just getting out there now.
Well, with the five, because I got quite an early one last year
and it literally was one of those things.
You didn't see many for what seemed like ages and people would wave
because you just hadn't seen many and then suddenly they were everywhere.
So I suspect like you said, but it's going to be a shipping thing.
And then suddenly there will be an influx.
Yeah. OK, so we had John Kellett, 7797
a Renault four iconic owner in Kettering, UK, not Ohio.
Still love the fact that you join us from Kettering.
Still own though.
My 200 and 25000 mile, 23 year old A2
because it still works even if it has only one wiper, much to the noise of journalists.
I don't know why they'd be annoyed. I think that's amazing.
I was never annoyed in my know.
Both are superb examples of European engineering and design.
The A2, honestly, I remember my dad had one recently.
He changes his cars every six months.
My dad didn't want him to get rid of that.
It's a lovely car still.
It's great. It's brilliant.
So clever.
And there's an electric one coming soon.
I know I can't wait.
It's going to be very good.
I just hope it lives up to expectations, but fingers crossed, I think it's going to be cool.
Right. I think we've got one more.
And we at Mr. Stoves, S-T-O-I-V-E-S.
Don't know, 2444
Anyway, he says how fickle is Ginny?
Enniac, Renault five, now four.
Honestly, it's like it's like you're not allowed to like more than one car, Gin.
I know, I know.
Honestly, I mean, Enniac is was still always, you know, the first
and it's like my first husband and, you know, and then the red five came along.
That run off and left me.
And now the four is concerning me nicely.
OK, Mike, I will let you take this one.
OK, we've got one for you.
Yeah, we've got one for you.
This is directed at you.
So OK, this from at Worldo Cars underscore LDN.
Hi, team. Do you actually read the comments?
I've been chasing this on many podcast comments back in episode 92.
Ginny agreed to take up the challenge and I set to only use public charging
over winter and report back.
Could I ask when this feedback is coming, please?
Many thanks, much love.
I know that I'm forced to be with you.
He's ended on a positive note after telling you off.
So you probably promised to run your car.
I don't know why you would do this.
Promise to run your car entirely on rapid charges in the winter.
Nothing to see. I've gone.
Bye.
So that's everything you've got.
You've got a few months, Grace, haven't you?
For this week.
Thanks so much for joining us.
OK, you make these comments.
You've got to stick with them.
I was I was obviously feeling enthusiastic that day and I did.
OK, so in my defence,
can we can we just all agree?
January, February and March this year
were the most insane months for launches and product
and travelling and doing stuff that we have ever experienced.
Like January was like January is quiet.
It wasn't, was it?
So I didn't do it.
Sorry. And I didn't do it because I was not really here.
I was travelling all over the shop.
I really was.
And I absolutely promise faithfully
that I will do it next winter.
You heard that, Walter Carrs.
Yeah, we all heard that.
I promise, promise.
Legally binding, you realise that.
You've said that.
But you kind of just didn't.
And also, I didn't even really drive a car.
I was like, literally for those three months,
the only cars I drove were like not in the UK.
So I didn't do it.
Sorry. Such a let down.
Anyway, moving swiftly on Alpine cup holders or Lakhov.
Again, from from Mr.
It's either Mr. Stoibs or Mrs. Toibs.
I don't know which.
Said Jenny, you can get cup holders that clip onto your car door window
suitable for normal cup size.
I did not know that was a thing.
How did that work?
That was my moment.
I know, but it's on you.
I don't know.
I'm going to absolutely go on to, you know,
I'm going to go on to the cup.
I'm going to I'm buying one just so I can put back.
One is going to be delivered.
When you close the door, it's just that.
Slams into your head.
Not you.
Someone's thought someone hasn't thought that out.
I don't know.
What go on? What else have we got?
OK, so what have we got?
OK, so we had from the last podcast at Jack Byron, 2149
said from feeling inadequate with the discussion over Jason Momoa.
There was some discussion about that on the on the internal comms
at electrifying I would add as well to feeling seen and appreciated
as a spreadsheet guy.
This podcast is a roller coaster for the ego.
We love the spreadsheet guys.
We're here for the spreadsheet guys.
So we absolutely love it.
Honestly, I'm in awe of the spreadsheet guys, you know,
also in awe of Jason Momoa, but the spreadsheet guys are brilliant.
And also at Patty the geek is another regular, I think.
So, Nicola, where does Henry Cavill land on your yummy scale?
Well, we'll have to ask her.
I have asked her. I've done it. I did it.
I was one when I was stuck on it on a plane last night.
I was what's happening, Nicola?
Well, I was stuck at an airport somewhere and she has said to me in
where is it? Where
There we go.
Ha ha. Just touched down in Munich.
Important question.
Thank you so much to Patty for asking that.
He's up there, but he's a bit too predictably handsome for me.
Not that I'd say no, though.
There you go. That's the answer to that.
That's the answer to that.
We did have chat on the WhatsApp.
It was yeah, we did have some internal chat about that.
We did, didn't we? Yes, we did.
The boys probably best.
The boys pointed out very, you know, absolutely fairly
that it was probably not a conversation they could have had on the podcast.
And we agreed and we were chastised.
So no more, Jason, Mamo, a chat to happen again.
Yeah, no, I think that's I think we'll stick to cars, shall we?
So, yeah, Mike, what's up next then?
What we OK?
This is a question about apps and whether people use them at
Taylor, 43. Hello, ladies from South Oxfordshire.
I think so.
I think we're put a full stop there, shouldn't they? Hello, ladies.
Typically two ladies from South Oxfordshire.
I'm from South Oxfordshire.
I see who I am at the moment.
You know, uses apps, but doesn't use full stops.
OK, from South Africa with an EV3 long air
long range, complete with two cup holders just showing off.
The app is essential and useful.
And I must ensure I unroll at least 50 percent of the garage charger cable.
There's a lot. There's a lot to unpack in that sentence, isn't there?
I understand all of it.
OK, so the app, it was because Nicola and I confess that we don't really use our apps.
And also, there was a question in last week about
generally asking from somebody who is need to EVs about it.
Do they have to unroll charging cable?
Is there a right?
This is now making sense. Yes.
Yeah. And we got the answer.
It was like specifically about actually an under some charger.
So we got in touch with Anderson and they said
they always would recommend you and you unravel about 50 percent.
I was there was their official line on that.
But yes, sticking with the app's theme, Jimmy Law, 7380
I use the app mainly for the digital key,
but also in regards to dealership experience,
we had a very good experience with Mercedes Smart in Dartford when buying a smart,
helpful and knowledgeable salespeople, test drive both myself and my wife
and a very extensive handover.
Bravo to Mercedes Smart in Dartford.
Let's give you a big cheer for that.
Yeah, absolutely. Good for them.
We've got another one here from Apple, Hellyer 4518
How do these non-app people defrost their cars in winter with a scraper?
Who? How common?
I am actually pretty conditioning and it's all toasty when you get in.
I use the app by finding out because then you can just literally hit it
on the app when you get up in the morning, you know,
half to get to the airport or something insane.
But I did this bit weekend and you just hit the thing and it all warms up.
I use the app a lot on all the cars I get.
I do find it quite an important thing.
So I'm a big app fan, so I'm on the other side of that argument.
It doesn't annoy me when it takes forever to get the app set up.
That is frustrating.
So if I've only got a car for a few days, but that's very not.
It's not really how people use cars, is it?
So as soon as I've got a long term or it's the first thing I do is get the app set up.
So it's all good.
But yeah, good, good, good.
And I'm just going to head on there to the secret charging spots that we've been talking.
I think you guys were talking about this in a previous podcast about
charging spots that people didn't know.
And it was an FD ID7 tourer who said he knew a really good one in Cornwall.
And we were like, but tell us, you can't just tease us.
Tell us. And he's meshed back to the Cornwall charger is at Summercourt,
five miles northeast of Newquay, hidden in the Bus Depot car park.
Nice, shiny, fused charges and even cheaper if you have an electroverse
octopus card. Everyone queues for the MFG charges outside Newquay.
But just 10 minutes up the road, you've got these, which are underused
and in a nice shady car park.
And then we had another tip, didn't we, for free charging?
But it comes with a catch because you have to be at Mercedes Ben's World in
Weybridge, but they do offer up to two hours free charging to visitors
using a 22 kilowatt hour charges, kilowatt charges, not hour.
That's the program. Sorry.
It was a late night.
Go on, who wants to take the unfinalies?
Go on, Mark, you do it.
OK, Keith Robshaw, 179
So you're late.
I wanted to watch this before the World Cup started.
Gee, it's almost like you don't care about Holland versus Japan.
We care deeply about Holland versus Japan.
We have we certainly haven't we haven't synced our TX schedule
with the World Cup schedule, have we?
No, but maybe we should do for Sunday.
Let's do let's check when when this is going out and make sure it's
it doesn't clash with any key matches.
OK, fair. We should have thought about that.
Mike and I are the only real official football fans on the electrifying team,
aren't we? This is true.
So we will keep that. OK.
And Phillip Taylor, 79 oh two,
said a nice touch of ASMR to end with at the end of the program
last week, which was just Nick and I saying goodbye,
because we just kept saying it.
And then just for balance, because obviously we're balanced,
Dan D, 88 Geeks said that outro was annoying.
Sorry, Dan.
Nicola annoying. I mean, I don't know if people know that when
when we do our tracking shots for for the for the videos that we do,
you know, you only see one glorious one that's been shot and nicely edited.
And we have to do these up and buys, which is up and down the road.
Same bit of road, probably 20, 30 times before
man, I sort of Johnty is happy that they've got the right one.
So we often we take turns, we drive backwards and forwards.
And whenever Nicola comes past me, we're past each other,
go she waves like this, frantically.
And if you don't wave frantically back at her, she gets the hump about it,
which is and it's kind of amusing for the first two or three times
after about 25 minutes of wave frantically.
Yeah, she won't talk to you for the rest of the day.
She also likes to wind the window down when you pass and pause for a moment.
Just what you listening to now, what you listening to now?
Energy is unreal.
So I just...
We love that.
Anyway, Dan, you know what's coming now?
We're not going to let you get away with this.
Are we ready, guys?
This is time to say goodbye for this week's episode.
Do like, subscribe, follow, leave us a comment, do all the usual stuff.
We'll be back next week.
Until then, goodbye.
Goodbye. Goodbye, Dan. Goodbye.
See you soon. See you. Bye.
Bye, Dan. Bye, Dan.
Thanks for the comment, Dan.
Bye, Dan.
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Sun’s out in the UK, and the hosts kick off with EV picks for the season—plus a teaser for Zeekr’s superfast 7 GT. They share driving impressions from a Hyundai IONIQ 6N and talk BMW i3 pricing, including launch-edition numbers and early UK ordering. The conversation also swings through summer tech (giant screens and HUDs), small-EV value debates, and practical charging habits—like using apps and even unrolling the garage cable.
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Welcome back to the Kilowatt Half Hour!
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In the news, BMW opens early orders for the next i3, Dacia confuses everyone with a teaser for a new Spring, and we discuss our pick of the best EVs for summer.
There’s also the latest from the Electrifying video team, including first drives of the Renault 4 Plein Sud, Mercedes VLE and the highly anticipated Zeekr 7GT.
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