EVs stands for electric vehicles. These are cars that run on electricity instead of gas, which makes them better for the environment and often cheaper to drive.
The BMW i3 is a small electric car that looks different from most cars because of its unique shape. It's designed to be eco-friendly and is great for driving around the city.
An EV, or electric vehicle, is a type of car that runs on electricity instead of gasoline or diesel. This means they produce less pollution and can save money on fuel.
A diesel car is a vehicle that uses diesel fuel instead of gasoline. Diesel engines are often more fuel-efficient but can sometimes produce more pollution.
The Tesla Model 3 is a popular electric car that can drive long distances on a single charge. It's known for its high-tech features and quick acceleration.
A kilowatt hour is a way to measure electricity. In electric cars, it tells you how much energy the battery can hold and how far the car can go on that energy.
The BMW i3s is a sportier version of the i3 electric car, designed to be fun to drive while still being eco-friendly. It has a unique look and is great for city driving.
An electric vehicle, or EV, is a type of car that runs on electricity instead of gas. They are usually better for the environment and can save money on fuel costs.
The Tesla Model Y is a small electric SUV that runs on batteries instead of gasoline. It's known for being very efficient, having lots of tech features, and being roomy enough for families.
The Ford Bronco is a type of SUV that is great for driving off-road. It comes in different styles, so you can choose one that fits your needs, whether you want something more casual or something that looks tough.
The Renault 5 is a small car that Renault has updated for today's drivers. It's designed to be efficient and easy to use, making it a good choice for city driving.
The Alpine course is a special track where cars are tested to see how well they handle different types of roads. It's designed to help drivers understand how a car performs in real-life situations.
The Renault Mégane is a small car made by Renault. It's available in different styles, and the newer models are electric, which means they run on batteries instead of gasoline.
The Polestar 2 is a modern electric car that looks stylish and is designed for good performance. It's part of a new trend of electric vehicles that are becoming popular.
The Kia EV2 is a new electric car from Kia. It's part of their effort to create more environmentally friendly vehicles that run on electricity instead of gasoline.
The Kia EV5 is a new electric SUV that will be available soon. It's designed to be stylish and practical for families who want an eco-friendly vehicle.
The Kia EV6 is a new electric crossover vehicle that looks modern and stylish. It's designed to be efficient and has a lot of space inside for passengers and cargo.
The Astra GTE is a sportier version of the Vauxhall Astra, a compact car. It was designed to be more fun to drive and had better performance than regular Astra models.
The Polo G40 is a sporty version of the Volkswagen Polo, a small car. It has a supercharged engine, which makes it faster and more enjoyable to drive compared to regular Polos.
A hot hatch is a sporty version of a small car that has a hatchback design. It's fun to drive and often has a more powerful engine than regular hatchbacks.
The BMW New Class is a new line of cars that BMW is working on, focusing on electric vehicles and modern technology. It's part of their plan to make cars that are better for the environment.
The BMW X5 is a fancy SUV that offers a smooth ride and lots of space inside. It's designed for people who want both luxury and performance in their vehicle.
The Toyota GR Yaris is a sporty version of the regular Yaris car, built for speed and fun driving. It has a powerful engine and is designed to handle well on the road.
The Peugeot 208 GTI is a sporty version of the regular 208 car, made for people who enjoy driving fast and having fun. It's small and easy to handle, making it great for city driving.
The Renault Twingo is a tiny car that's perfect for driving in the city. It's easy to park and great for getting around town without taking up much space.
Yeah, so we have a look at sort of our favorite EVs. I mean, me and Jim drive a lot of EVs
every year, but so it's probably a little bit difficult to sort of gauge which ones are
are going to be the best, the best ones, if you know what I mean. But what about you, Jim? What was
the, I think, I think what we look at is what they like to drive also, but also I think
I guess how they're sort of being received and the design, I guess. Maybe just how it
makes you feel. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, that's a good idea. We probably, we might all
have a different definition of what the best one is. I think the best all-round EV you can get
at the moment is Tesla Model 3. But my favorite EV from 2025 was the Hyundai Insta, which and part
of that will be, I think, possibly because I went to the launch event thinking, I don't
particularly like the look of this that much. And I wasn't that interested in it. And I saw it in
the flesh and thought, actually, that looks cool. It's different and weird and quirky. And it was
just so much fun to drive and all that quirkiness. I think because probably because we do drive so
many cars, it's so rare that something feels like night and day different to everything else
you've been driving. But the actual driving experience as well, I mean, they had a brilliant
route for us on that launch and time to do the route and still make a video, which is
unbelievable on the launch event. And it was lots of twisty A roads and B roads. And it was
glorious. I had as much fun in that Hyundai Insta as I would have in a BMW Z4.
Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Although I probably would have looked more like someone with a midlife crisis in
the Z4 versus the Insta where I probably looked like someone in their child's car.
Honestly, such a good thing. It impressed me that much that I'd say that's probably my favorite.
I mean, I don't get to drive these cars, but I do go and see them at the car shaves and stuff.
And I sat in that Insta and I was in the back of it and I was just astonished by the leg room in
there. It was enormous. Yeah. Absolutely enormous. And it's like a seven series in the back.
Literally stretch your legs right out. So on a long journey, if you don't have loads of
baggage, that's going to be pretty comfortable to be in the back of that. And the fact that you can
pop that passenger seat completely flat, you could use it as a desk if need be. I mean,
at the launch event, they had a surfboard in there going all the way through the car.
Yeah, it's quite a versatile thing. I think it's a nice platform as well. And I
felt slightly disappointed that I know that one of them slightly dressed up, but
they could have done something akin to like the Ford Bronco, where you can get different flavors of it.
So you can get your pootle around town version. You can get one that looks a bit more rugged and
then it's sporty looking one. Then I felt like it's the kind of car that's quirky enough to pull
that off. But it's a brilliant thing. Yeah, I agree. And the practicality of it as well,
I think when I borrowed one, I used, I took it to IKEA and put like a massive bookcase.
In the left hand side, so you can just put massive stuff in that car. And also the dashboard has
got a cutout so you can store stuff in there too. So the weirdest thing about it is the windscreen
position because the driving position almost feels like you're in a van. Yep. Okay. And you're in
an insta because there seems to be like a, you seem to be a long way away from the windscreen.
And even that, I liked. Yep. Yeah, very cool.
What about you, Alex? What's your favorite car of 2025?
It's probably, I think a sensible car for 2025, probably the Renault 5. I know on the podcast
we've spoken a few times about, you weren't overly impressed with how it drove. But I
spent like a whole week with that car, did a thousand miles. And just this combination of efficiency,
range, design, I was blown away with how, and also the software, I was, I don't know,
software sounds boring in cars, but unfortunately it makes up a massive part of
whether or not a car is going to be a good thing to live with now. And
yeah, just very good in terms of, I think, I think new EV drivers will be very happy with
that because of how easy it is to plan where you're going. And that is a massive part of
any road trip now. And then after that, I don't need third-party apps or something,
they can just use Google Maps on it. I'm sure I've said it before, but I've driven it for 10 minutes
and that's all. And from a design point of view, I think it's head, like head and tails,
like just the coolest looking thing. That's amazing. I'm disappointed that it's as cramped
as it is in the back. For you, it probably feels cavernous. Just huge, yeah. Yeah.
And just in the 10 minutes I drove it, I didn't get the same feeling I did with the Insta,
but I drove it for 10 minutes. Yeah, I could definitely see that. It's unfair. Yeah. And I
drove it on the Alpine course at Milbrook. So yeah, it makes some cars, yeah, it's not the
most ideal situation to gauge a car's true sort of, yeah, it's very fun. But yeah, and you can
make yourself sick on that bit of road, but yeah, not the most ideal place to sort of gauge what
a car's like. But no, I was stunned with that and the price point, another, it's all right
having a car that looks like that and it's like 35 grand. The fact it starts at, what is it,
like 22 grand now. It's, yeah, just outstanding. Yeah. What about you, Graham?
Yeah, so I can't really pick because I've written three down or possibly four.
So I've got to say the Tesla Model Y because it's such a step change from the previous version
to the new version. And it, to me, it just, it looks so good. And I've seen, I've been in wheels
and it's a lovely car. He's got the stada range one. And it's just so quiet in there. It's so,
so quiet and just so cavernous compared to my Model 3. I mean, I love how my Model 3 drives.
Don't get me wrong, but that's just a, so it's an all round winner really. But for me, I think that
what I was really looking forward to in 2025 was the Renault 5 and the Renault 4.
But also the Alpine A290, which is the kind of sporty Renault 5. And I think I first saw one
one of the everything electric shows before it was launched. And it was all locked up and you
couldn't get in it, but I peered through the glass and everything. But oh God, it looks so good.
And then someone at work bought one in that lovely blue. And it just stands out in the car park from
anything else. Such a great little car that. And I think like, I think the EV world needs
cars like this. You know, it needs these kind of fun focused cars and completely. Yeah. And the small
hot hatches and the small hatchbacks and whatever to say. I think Renault just absolutely hit the
nail on the head lately. And what a revelation EV has been for Renault because they were a brand
that had been producing some fairly average cars. And the design team seemed to have
like a two decade holiday. Yeah. And they're now producing really interesting cars that are
kind of pushing things forward a bit. And I don't think that would have happened had they not have
had to look at EV and think, Oh God, what do we do now? Yeah, I think probably the state's
quote would have just led to kind of more Euro boxes. And I think that, you know, they they
made a brave step forward, didn't they? By launching the McGannas in an electric car only. Yeah.
And that's a that's a great car really. But you know, if you if you put a Renault five on
Alpine 1890 next to the new Renault Clio with that slightly unusual looking front end
question of looking I mean, it's like the differences night and day, isn't it?
I don't understand how they get it so wrong with the petrol cars and they get it so right
with the electric ones. So yeah, for me, it's it's like the Renault five or the Alpine 1890.
That was that was what I was really looking forward to launching. And and because we'd seen
all the concepts of that and no one knew what the Model Y was going to be like until it was
actually revealed. So that was that was what I was mostly looking forward to in 2025.
The Renault four, I think, is a really interesting looking car as well.
And I mean, it's not as obviously sexy as the Renault five. But I think that's quite cool.
I think that cracking car, I said about the everything electric show and I was really
impressed. And that had all the space in the back that you need. And I had a size boot.
And actually, in the metal, I think it looked a lot better than than photographs.
Do it justice for say, I think a hundred percent. Yeah, I think it looks much better up close.
And I think it's a it's a great looking car. You know, and I think I'm hoping to see a lot
of those on the road. I've seen a few already. So I'm hoping to see a lot more of those on
the road. Because I think that that'd be a cracking car for most people.
I've always thought that especially, yeah, cars always look slightly strange
in photographs. Or they look that there's something missing, especially interiors, they
like a black interior could look exceptionally bland and exceptionally boring. But it's not until
you sit in the car. Yeah. Oh, wow, actually, this is quite nice. Yeah. I think I think sometimes
people pull their immediate gut reaction on what a car looks like on on social media and think
so it's impossible to get that tactile thing as well. Yeah. I mean, you could look at a
photo of the inside of, I don't know, and other Genesis. Yeah. And oh, yes, not bad looking
interior. And then you get inside and you start touching and feeling and and using the switches
and things and everything feels like, yeah, deliberate. And, you know, like some design has
gone into it and some R&D has gone into it rather than is this switch from the Lucas parts
bin? Let's, you know, glue that to the dashboard or remove it and put it on the screen. You know,
I think the touchy feeling bit is something not enough people do. I'm always amazed when I do my
releasing videos, how many people order a car without ever having not let alone drive one.
Yeah. I haven't actually seen one in the flesh. I'll get like, I was the first one I've ever seen
and it's on my drive. I hope you like it. Yeah, sometimes on the car review videos as well. It's
like I've ordered it on the strength of this and I haven't even seen one yet. I liked it. You
might hate it. Yeah. Just there's one there's one thing I don't like about some cars and I
think it was only when I sat in it that I just felt claustrophobic and it's like a really high
center console. Oh, yeah. Some of them got space underneath but some of them like in the Polestar
too. So you got like Polestar. Yeah. And I don't like that. I don't like feeling like cramped
in the driver's seat. I just see and I do enjoy that because I feel like a fighter pilot
then and I can talk to me Goose. That's the similarities end.
And I like that in the MG Sybuster as well. It's like sort of a wraparound feel. Yeah.
And I do. I mean, I just like cars so I like everything to a degree.
Yeah. Nice. Well, good. And then looking forward to the rest of this year.
There's a whole lot of different models that are due to be released this year,
including stuff from Alpine. As we mentioned, there's a massive waft of other vehicles.
Have you guys got any specific, specific, specific EVs that are you two are looking
forward to that are going to be released this year? This won't go out this week, will it?
It will probably go out next week. Okay. We need to make sure it goes out next week.
Yeah. Because on Friday, I'm going to see the Kia EV2, the Kia EV3 GT, the Kia EV4 GT
and the Kia EV5 GT. But it's embargoed until 9.40 on Friday morning, I think.
Next week? This week. This week. Yeah. Because it's Brussels at the,
at the moat show and they're unveiling them all.
Well, those GT cars are all going to have the gear shifting thing, sort of
Alla Hyundai and the EV6 GT. And I think the EV3 and the EV5 will very much be like the
family versions. But the EV4 from, we haven't seen any pictures or anything yet. But
I think that's going to be the one where they're trying to make it a bit more aggressive looking
and more driver focused. And they want that to be sort of the shining start of
their sort of performance range. But this, by the way, comes off like, I don't know,
week or 10 days since I filmed something saying performance EVs need to be
better, like more driver focused. Because I still think there's a massive part of
the car buying public that's, that are led by the petrol head in the office that he or we
loves his cars and they're just not turned on by them. And I think when more petrol heads
start to get turned on by EVs, I think they'll just be so much, so much more kind of widely
accepted. And almost like the cool factor needs to come in a bit more rather than
is sort of a broader cool factor, I guess I'm trying to say really, really badly.
Yeah, I think, I think, I think you're right there because I mean, I grew up
in the kind of, well, I was a bit older in the 1980s, looking at all the hot hatches
I was going to buy when I passed my test in 1990. And my second car was actually a
Fiesta XR2 Mark II. Oh, wow. Yeah. And I was 18, I think.
My brother had a pretend one. Okay, well, okay. I think the 1.1 popular.
Yeah. But had an XR2 body kit on it. Yeah. Yeah, probably an XR2 badge from
Halfords or something. Yeah, there's a few of those going around, actually.
But they did look the part. But they had like at that time, they had like the Renault 5 Turbo,
the XR2, the Novot SR and GTE. They had the Astra, GTE. And, you know, it was kind of
exciting. And like, it seemed every manufacturer is bringing out hot hatches like the Polo, was it the
Polo G40, little supercharged thing. Yeah. And, you know, they were, they were, they were really
fun cars, really fun cars. And, you know, when you got like a TV presenter like Vicky
Butler-Henderson squealing as she's lifting a rear corner going around the bend. Yeah.
You were 17, 18 years of age. You know, these are the sort of things that really kind of tug on the
heartstrings, both the car and Vicky.
She knew her audience. I've met her several times now, Graeme. And I still can't
put together anything like her sentence in front of her.
I think, I think you had her poster on my wall at one point. Wow. Really, my parents.
Anyway.
But yeah, I think, I think these, these kind of cars really did
inspire a lot of, a lot of petrolheads that couldn't afford to buy the sports cars. And
they could afford to buy an XR3R and XR2 or a Peugeot 106 GTI or the 205 GTI, you know.
And, you know, those kind of like hung around, they became sought after. And now,
you know, they're kind of like treasured cars with like a massive, massive asking price on them.
And I, and it inspired me to go and see like the World Rally Car when it was in the UK.
I go like yomping through a forest, you know, in the snow minus, I don't know what the
temperature was to go and look at these, these cars like flying around the track and
crashing out and stuff. But yeah, we need cars like that. We need convertible, we need coupes,
we need hot hatches, we need everything really in an electric format to appeal to the
broader spectrum of tastes. Yeah. I think, I think it's always such a tiny segment of
the market that could influence so much of it. Yeah. And, you know, back in those days where you
had like the, you know, the special divisions, didn't you, in these companies, right, make this
handle well and go a bit quicker and someone else make it look really sporty. And, and they're
going, it's like skunkworks or something, they go and work on these things and produce these
like amazing little cars really. And you kind of want some of that back. You want some, something
where they've got a, you know, a little skunkworks division that's really focusing on one particular
project like that. Take a, you know, like the Renault 5 with the Alpine A290 and, and so on and so
forth. It just needs that attention, I think. And you were saying, like with the Insta earlier,
they needed to do different funky versions. And I think you're right. You know, they're missing,
missing, missing out there because you could, you know, you said Alex had a surfboard,
Jim had a surfboard in the middle of it. And they could have had like a surf edition,
couldn't they? Yeah. A beach going one, you know, that was kind of funky looking.
And that would appeal to a few people as well that want that kind of like,
was it like the Rover 25 streetcar or something? You remember those from street
lights? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Street lights. That was it. Yeah. Those kind of things, you know,
it's just, just, you know, enjoy the cars a bit more. I think that's what manufacturers need to
do is just have a little breakout groups and enjoy, enjoy designing features on cars like that.
I just think we've been through this period where it's all been about, let's try and get,
you know, a better range. Let's try and bring the price down. Let's do all this stuff. And we're
now at the point where, you know, for pretty much price parity, you can get, when you don't read the
some of the daily press, and you've actually got some experience with an EV,
you can get an EV that will do 99% of your journeys with absolutely no drama whatsoever.
Yeah. For kind of petrol car money. Yeah. And I think the sensible side of things will only
continue to develop, you know, we've got some of the new BMW stuff is going to have crazy range,
solid state batteries around the corner, sodium, like you, you name it, range seems to no longer
be an issue is probably just the cost of it. And the kind of bringing that down economies
of scale and stuff will come into force and that will all sort itself out. But the, for me, it's
now like we've done, we've done all the grunt work. Now let's try and branch out. And I'm not saying
every car needs to be some monstrous. But the one that annoyed me was the Nissan Ari and Nismo,
because the Nismo badge, you know, I grew up when that that meant something. And, you know,
it was kind of a special thing. And it was that little skunk skunkworks division. And yeah.
And they just put it on the standard car and made it a bit quicker. I think I think it's like going
back 20 years when BMW had the X5 and they decided to have like the M 50 D or something. Yeah.
Everyone was up in arms because it's an SUV. Well, you know, how can you have an M division
SUV? And and it's I guess it's a little bit like that. And trading in on on that kind of past heritage
as well. And I don't I don't have a problem with that, to be honest, provided they make the cars
really good. I mean, I've never driven an area or Arab Nismo say, I can't really judge it on
that. But you know, I think this is it's almost like the the start of perhaps what we've
just been talking about where hopefully they will bring out. I'd love to see a micro Nismo,
for example. Yeah, I think that'd be a cool car. That would well, yeah. I mean,
we've seen the GR Yaris and it's oh, yeah, yeah, incredible. I mean, yeah, yeah, electric version
of that something akin to it. Exactly. Yeah, it would be mind blowing. Yeah.
You want, you know, you can then enjoy the the EV performance as well,
which is something that will I mean, people that have driven the ironic 5n in anger,
you know, it's a very, very unique experience. And that that is a car that can turn on a petrol
head. I've just got visions of your review when you drive in there on the on the Alpine course
at Millbrook, that one. Yeah, that's the one. Yeah. Yeah, Tom was you look like you're having fun.
I had a lot of fun, but Tom didn't know. No, he I actually got an email from Hyundai the next
day congratulating me for the illest passenger at Millbrook. So yeah, I was I was quite proud of that
and we encountered quite a lot of traffic. I drove I drove it again there this year, because the
the PR guy at Hyundai always reserves me a space because he knows that I'm not going to need to
have it. So then we're Jones in for another drive. They put sick bags in there now, do they?
I did wonder why it was lined with policy, but they heard about my bed wetting.
You guys are on about hatchbacks like cars with EVs with a bit more performance. Thankfully,
in 2026, there are a handful of new ones coming. So I think you guys mentioned Peugeot, I think.
And the race going to be a Peugeot E 208 GTI, which on design alone looks really, really cool.
And then there will be the ID 2 GTI, sorry, not ID 2, the ID Polo GTI as well, which is going to
have a very sensible amount of power. So thankfully, it does seem to be a bit more
sort of sort of personality coming a bit back a bit in terms of not this SUV stuff.
And VW absolutely have to cherish that GTI badge. So that car needs to be unbelievable.
I think generally they do, don't they? They don't put it on anything lightly. I think they
really do cherish that badge. And I expect checkered cloth seats. And I don't know,
they've got to try and figure out how to get a little golf ball knob in there.
Yeah, I think they are the concept. I think, yeah, I think the concept had that
or had some sort of mention of golf ball related things.
Cool. And the cassette player about here.
If it's got a cassette player, I'll be surprised.
Well, they are sort of, you know, coming back and putting buttons back in. See, you might be
lucky, Jim. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. And judging by... That could be mind blowing though,
couldn't it? The Polo GTI. Yeah. Yeah. And judging by what some of the people have said
when they're driven the standard Polo with about 200 horsepower, everyone has said,
the journalists have driven it, said it does handle exceptionally well. So it seems like
the delays that they've had seem to have hopefully made some differences to the handling of that vehicle.
Seems like they're hopefully back at some point, which would be good.
And I've got a soft spot for GTIs because I had a Golf GTI 16 valve many years ago.
It broke down a lot, but I loved it. And, you know, and again, that's like heritage,
isn't it? And I think there's something more, to me, there's something more special about that
than the R. I know the R is like an awesome car, but GTI is the one that I think feels
the most prestigious in my mind that you want to aim for. Yeah, I'm in the same camp as you
there. Yeah. Very much so. And also the R badge has been put on SUVs and it hasn't been put on
GTI hasn't been put on anything other than hatches. Yeah. And then you get the R line with the
styling. Yeah. You don't get a GTI line. So I'm pleased about that. Yeah. But yeah, what
sort of cars are you guys looking forward to that are going to be released this year?
Yeah. But I think like I'm looking forward to I think 2026 is going to be the year of the small
EVs. So because you've got like the Renault Twingo coming out, hopefully. And then the Nissan version
of that, you know, they used to make a little pixel. I don't know whether it would be called a
Nissan Pixel EV or something different. And then you've got the VW ID Polo. So, you know,
and that kind of adds to the kind of choice that came out this year with the Renault 5 and the
Insta and probably a few others that I've forgotten. But I think this is what's needed really is
small cars and more affordable cars as well. Because there's a lot of people that just
run about towning them or commute and they don't really go any further than that.
Don't really need a big car. And they just they just want to get something in,
you know, buzz around town and it's really cheap to run. So those are the cars that I'm kind of
looking forward to coming out. Because I think this has been discussed for far too long. But
nothing I was really, you know, nothing has really hasn't really come to fruition yet.
So I think 2026 is like the year when that's coming to fruition. So that's
quite exciting, I think to look forward to those cars. You know, they'll be well priced as well.
Yeah, it makes sense. Because even even regardless of powertrain, bigger cars tend to have less
character and smaller cars are always there's always something unique with them.
No matter the amount of really what they're powered by, there's always they've always got
something either charming or quirky or it's a bit of character with them. So and that,
as Jim mentioned with the Insta and the Renault 5 and stuff, there's some
they've got a bit of character, which is good. So yeah, yeah. What about you, Jim?
Well, I mean, I'm really interested to see these Kia GT cars and the aforementioned
Polo GTI and any of the other new stuff we might see coming from VW. I also really
want to have a drive in the new BMW iX3. Oh, okay. I thought you were going to say the 6N then.
Oh, well, the 6N is just a given. I mean, I don't want to bore everyone more than I already do.
But that's yeah, that's an obvious one. But yeah, the iX3 looks amazing.
And obviously, we saw it at the launch and the interior, I think, so good. It's got loads of range.
And it's, you know, it's that new class BMW thing, which I'm really interested by. It's a
weird thing with BMW, isn't it? But when a new one comes out, I wouldn't say people
necessarily always dislike it, but there's always a lot of grumbling. Yes. And then over time,
they seem to mature like a fine wine and people sort of grow into them. But they're always quite
jarring at first. And I think most people, I think, have quite like the new class design. But
obviously, there are some purists that think it's all evil. But I'll be really interested to have
a drive in that. And then I'm really interested to see some of the stuff that might come from
China having been been over there a couple of months ago. I mean, some of the cars over there
are absolutely mind blowing. I will be seeing Zeke at Brussels this week. And I think they
might be coming to the UK. So hopefully, I can get someone to tell me that while I'm there.
But that's been talked about for a very, very long time, isn't it? But Zeke is going to
arrive in the UK. I mean, I'm going back last decade, I think. Yeah. Yeah. But I think it,
I think it might be. That's interesting. And yeah, just who knows what else might come. If I car
come here, I need to have one. I don't have I won't have the funds to get one. So I'll have to
try and either steal one or ask them for a long term. But I'm desperate for the I car V23.
Yeah, for those anyway, it's like a it's a sub brand of Cherry.
It's them or off roady sort of butch looking vehicles. Kind of a
It's like a Jeep, doesn't it? A little bit. Yeah, Suzuki Jimny cross with a
for Bronco, maybe. It's got those those kind of vibes. Yeah. In China, it's like 9,000 pounds.
Wow. It's got a very cool interior. But yeah, in China, it's like 9,000 pounds. And I worked out
that I would guess if it comes to the UK, it'll be about 30. Yeah. By the way, all these comparisons
people always do with the Chinese prices, myself included, the the cost to for homologation to the
UK is absolutely huge. And you know, a five star award somewhere like China is very different to a
five star Euro and cap. And we probably need to remember that. Yeah, I think in the show notes
but you did a video a few months ago about the Dolphin surf or the seagull and explaining how
that possibly could work based on some man maths. So I was hoping to show we were to be honest. I
started to make that video hoping to show that we're all being horrendously ripped off. And I
came to the end of it thinking, yeah, not really. Yeah, you know, maybe the tiny bit of extra
profit. But I think when you when you add on the 10% import tariff and the 20% VAT, you
price is pretty much and like the logistics and the shipping and when you when you consider the
supply chain network that needs to be set up enough to satisfy the insurers.
That's got some cost. And then of course, you need a 20 million pound glass mega showroom
to put some people in some expensive suits in. So yeah, there's a hell of a lot of cost involved.
And also sometimes they actually make a whole new version of that car. So the Dolphin is completely
well, not completely different, but it's a it's a bigger car, the front end slightly different.
They've had to reengineer it for our market to meet safety standards. And then
and then yeah, they'd have to set a production line for that. I don't know how that would
work. And even with the Dolphin surf, there's that car is quite different really.
It looks the same, but they've had to add a few safety equipment bits and pieces,
change the design slightly. So sometimes, as you said, they're not they've got different safety
standards. They have to re-engineer it really. So I bet there'll be a long wheelbase version of
that in China at some point, because there seems to be a long wheelbase version of everything,
which would be quite hilarious. But yes, I mean, I dare say possibly this year or next,
the most exciting car we see may come from China for the first time. And I know people
have different thoughts on that. But yeah, I just think the more the merrier. Let's
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Personally, for me, the car I'm looking forward to this year
is a toss up between the Polo, because I still have I've got a soft spot for VW and I'm glad
they're sort of returning to form hopefully. But also that Honda Super M, the little tiny
car that was shown off at Goodwood. Yeah, that is going to come to the UK. No idea how much it'll
cost. But that looks mega. Like it looks really cool. So hopefully, Honda can claw back their
EV credentials. Because they sort of dropped the ball a little bit with the
SUV. I can't remember the name of it now. And the any NY one. So
in Cologne and yeah, one year past the password. Yeah.
Elon called one of his kids that I think.
But yeah, I'm looking forward to that. So as we've sort of
debated between between the three of us, it seems to be small cars are the hot topic for
this year. So which is good. Interesting times.
Yeah, definitely. I think that's about about it really. Yeah, what we're going to call this
episode I was thinking, we can't call it that but I was thinking, right said,
Fred meet Warwick Davis, but
yeah, yeah, I joined at last.
What I usually do actually is I download the transcript
and then run that transcript, transcript through chat tpt and say find something
that's relevant for a podcast type of two or three words long. I usually find something
stupid that you've said. So
Oh yeah, they're usually quite good though, aren't they?
Yeah, they are really good. Yeah. Yeah, I just I assumed Josie was picking them because
well, she doesn't watch it. She's funny.
No, I suppose that's about it really for this episode. Thank you so much,
Graham for giving up your evening to come and record a silly podcast with us too.
If people would like to find out more about you and what you do in your brand new YouTube
channel, where can people find you on the internet?
It's on X at what am I next at Graham underscore cob and then on YouTube at
REV dash. Right, what am I? I can't remember RS dash EV and no no rev rev EV.
I will put the links in the show notes and on the YouTube description as well for that.
So yeah, yeah, Graham's just started his own YouTube channel sort of discussing certain
topics in the EV industry in a very calm and level headed way. So it's really quite
quite good to watch. So sometimes slightly drunk.
Oh, well. And then what about you, Jim? Where can people find you on the internet?
I can go to my website, not a guru dot co dot UK where you'll find some articles that are
definitely not written by AI. And you can also go to my YouTube channel. Definitely not a guru.
That one's not AI either, is it? No, I don't know twice recently. I've been accused of being an AI,
which I actually took as a compliment. I'm not sure if if an AI designs something like that,
that they come out, they wouldn't make it look like me, would they? No, no, not really.
I look like I've been on holiday to Chernobyl or something, you know, Chris Carver or
something, you know, Superman, Superman Talks TV. Yeah, I mean, if I mean, if an actor were to
play me in a film, for example, if they made a movie about my life, which I'm sure they will one day,
I think Henry Cavill would be a good choice for someone to play me. I mean, the resemblance
will be incredible. But for the rock, one or the other, maybe, maybe.
That's all kind, Graham. I can't believe you mentioned his height. That's below the belt
is very low belt, which you got from mother care. And you can find my website at the interface.uk
for various bits and pieces like car news and other things like that. And then the main thing is the
car review YouTube channel, which is the interface cars. And then you can find this podcast on all
the usual platforms if you don't want to see our faces. But if you do for some reason, you can
watch this podcast on YouTube too. I'll put the links in the show notes as well.
Yeah, thank you so much for watching or listening, and we'll see you again next time. Bye bye.
About this episode
Graeme Cobb joins the hosts to share his journey into the world of electric vehicles, sparked by a quest to reduce energy costs at home. The discussion covers his transition from traditional cars to EVs, highlighting his experiences with the BMW i3 and the Tesla Model 3. The trio also dives into their favorite EVs from 2025 and anticipates exciting new models for 2026, with a particular focus on the quirky Hyundai Insta. Listeners will appreciate the insights on EV market trends and personal anecdotes that make the conversation engaging.
In this episode, Alex and Jim are joined by EV enthusiast and genuinely nice bloke, Graeme Cobb. The trio discuss how Graeme got into EVs, from LED light bulbs to the BMW i3 and also the standout EVs of 2025, including the Hyundai Inster, Renault 5, Alpine A290, and the Tesla Model Y.
