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This joy is electric: the new EVs stylish enough to convert a lapsed driver

The commonly used phrase ‘the devil’s in the details’ doesn’t always hold true. When it comes to the latest fully electric cars, it’s the hidden details that make all the difference

It’s approaching 10 public-transport-reliant years since I last got behind the wheel of a car. Maybe it was because it took three attempts – and a heated exchange with a driving examiner – for me to finally clutch my driver’s licence that my ambition to actually use it withered. Instead, I crossed oceans to experience life on foreign soil, followed by exploring new countries, landing in new continents to then settle in London five years ago, a city where you can get by without a car.

But here’s the thing: I feel like I’ve missed out on an adventure. Yes, I’ve done the coming-of-age backpacking trips – I did the Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam-Laos route before it became cliche, OK? Yes, I’ve left my hometown of Glasgow to climb the career ladder in one of the biggest, most bustling cities in the world. But what about the freedom that comes from driving a car of one’s own for the first time? I felt a turning point not so long ago when Geri Horner (AKA Ginger Spice and my fave band member) spoke in the BBC documentary My Drive to Freedom about the open-top 1967 car she bought with her first Spice Girl pay cheque. What did I do with my first proper pay cheque? Squirrelled it away as a means to leave my hometown behind on a plane – not behind the wheel of a car.

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