The new £41,990 Tesla Model Y Standard promises 314 miles of range, cheaper insurance and a £299 monthly lease – but it’s cheaper in Europe

It’s goodbye to Tesla and hello to Slate for our EV editor. One day all cars may be this simple– and this cheap, says Steve Fowler

British electric car drivers are saving £540 more on running costs than their German counterparts

We’ve driven the passenger version of the Kia PV5 van and discovered it could be one of the family car bargains of the year.

Think of the EV5 as an all-electric Kia Sportage that sits in Kia’s ginormous EV line-up alongside the EV3, EV4, EV6 and EV9.

New Renault 5, Renault 4 and Alpine A290 models qualify for the top-tier Government Electric Car Grant, thanks to locally sourced French batteries and enhanced specifications.

If I ran an automotive business, I’d hire Gerry McGovern in a flash. His departure will already have Chinese car company bosses looking up his number, says Steve Fowler

Volvo doesn’t do new XC90s very often – this is only the second generation since 2002. The latest update to the plug-in hybrid model tries to bring it in line with the all-new, all-electric EX90