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Electric cars are not the answer, say drivers


A survey of UK drivers by YouGov has revealed that most of us don’t see electric cars as a better alternative to conventional cars in the long term.In response to the statement electric cars are the only real future alternative,” only quarter of 2,000 motorists actually agreed with it. Around half disagreed with it entirely. The other quarter said “meh”. Almost 70% of drivers think electric cars are a “limited” alternative to today’s internal combustion cars, suggesting that, despite the best efforts of Nissan and Renault*, an electric future is far from assured.

French ultra-budget brand Dacia almost here…


Dacia,Renault’s budget brand, is 100 days away from launching in the UK. It’s a timely reminder, given yesterday’s budget, that cheap French motoring is very close at hand.And we do mean cheap: buyers will be able to bag a Duster 4×4 from £12,500. For comparison, the cheapest four-wheel drive version of the Ford Kuga is the 2.0-litre diesel Zetec, at £23,000.We don’t know a lot about Dacia here in the UK, but here’s what a confident Renault press release says: