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Wales Online
Wales Online
Steven Smith

I ran a Kia EV6 electric car for a week to see if could beat the 350-mile long journey challenge

Back in January I took a Volvo C40 electric car on a long journey to see how easy it would be and what it would cost. The reaction was much bigger than I expected.

There was plenty of feedback, mostly constructive, which to be honest is quite unusual these days. I even had a few praising emails about it which, in a job where people only generally take the time to get in touch to shout at you about something they don't like, is incredibly rare, believe me.

There was also some criticism in terms of car choice - I was driving a fairly high-end, powerful, luxury SUV after all - and my own naïveté when it came to the best way to charge it when doing a long motorway drive. So, in short, I learned a lot, both during the experience and afterwards. No doubt that's probably a feeling that new EV owners have too, because it's not the same as just buying a new petrol or diesel car.

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