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Autocar's Matt Prior and team discuss everything you need to know about the world of electric cars and all-electric driving


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  • 7. Autocar Electric podcast: Live from the 2023 Munich motor show

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    The 2023 Munich motor show has played host to a plethora of hugely important new car reveals, including radical new concepts from BMW and Mercedes, an electric hot hatch from Volkswagen and even the rebirth of the Renault Scenic. There is a lot to take in, and it can be hard to know where to look first, so Autocar's Felix Page, James Attwood and Mark Tisshaw sat down to discuss their best interviews, favourite cars and burning questions. 

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  • 6. Autocar Electric podcast: Finding Britain's best fun EV

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    Join our testers behind the scenes of this week's mega-test of small, fun electric cars. Which is best?

  • 5. Interview with Allan McNish: How Audi electrified motorsport

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    Allan McNish, three-times Le Mans winner, is one of Britain’s best-known and most-respected racing drivers, Allan spent much of his career guiding Audi’s victory charge from behind the wheel before going on to run Audi’s all-electric Formula E team. So we asked him to explain some of the secrets behind the success of Audi’s electric racing heritage.

  • 4. Are EVs sustainable?

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    This week, we talk to pioneering smart energy company, Indra, and consider whether we're looking at EVs in the most sustainable way

  • 3. Creating an electromod (a traditional ICE car becomes electric)

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    In this episode of Autocar Electric, Matt Prior and James Disdale delve into the somewhat controversial world of classic cars that have been converted to electric power. Our intrepid reporters chat to Electrogenic's Steve Drummond about the pros and cons of taking a much-loved ICE machine and turning it into an EV.

  • 2. Can You Make an Electric Driver's Car?

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    In the second of our Autocar Electric podcasts, Matt Prior and James Disdale sit down with electric car dynamics guru, David Pook, to discover whether you can make a true driver's EV. Everything from mass to charging infrastructure plays and part, as David leads our duo through the challenges of delivering such an EV driver's machine, but also the positives that the electrification of cars can bring.

  • 1. Britain's most fun electric car

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    In the first of a new series of Autocar podcasts on electric cars, we answer the key question for any keen electric car driver: what's Britain's best handling EV? Autocar took the EV front-runners to a circuit to find out how much fun you can have in an electric car. Matt Prior, Matt Saunders, Illya Verpraet and James Disdale dissect the results.