Editor's note
‘We’ve rated every electric car to show you the best – and the best avoided’ In 2011, the then boss of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, declared that by 2020 electric vehicles (EVs) would make up 10% of car sales. At the time it seemed like a ridiculous statement, given how compromised and niche such models were back then.And sure enough, even though Ghosn was in the headlines in 2020, it was for jumping bail while facing financial misconduct charges, rather than because his prediction had come true. However, just a year later, a 76% surge in demand saw EVs account for 11.6% of new cars registered in the UK, and that trajectory shows no sign of stalling in 2022. Tax incentives and the planned ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel models from…
