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We’ve been waiting ages for an affordable electric car, and this year they’ve arrived all at once with the Dacia Spring, the Citroen e-C3, the Renault 5 and now this – the Hyundai INSTER. Not that we’re complaining; quite the opposite actually. Having a choice of electric cars costing £25,000 or less is what we’ve been after for years!
The new Hyundai INSTER is based on Hyundai’s existing small city car – the Casper. The Casper is currently only sold in Korea (in my opinion, Casper would have been a better name to stick with!), which is also where it’s built as part of a joint venture with one of the local manufacturers. And that’s what allows Hyundai to reduce costs. Speaking of which, Hyundai has confirmed that the INSTER will cost from £23,495 for the 01 trim, or £26,745 for the 02 – a similar amount to its arch rivals, the Renault 5 and Citroen e-C3.
It’s not going to be fast, mind… The 95bhp, 42kWh INSTER will take 11.7sec to get to 62mph. The bigger 49kWh car gets a whopping 113bhp, for a slightly less embarrassing 0-62mph time of 10.6 seconds.
Making a small, low-cost electric car affordable and squeezing in a battery that offers a decent driving range is… a challenge. The Citroen e-C3 has a 44kWh LFP battery with a claimed range of 199 miles, but the INSTER can top that – it comes with two batteries of either 42- or 49 kWh. There’s no word on official figures, yet, but Hyundai is saying that a target range for the big battery version will be in the region of 220 miles. We’d expect the smaller battery car to achieve roughly 150 miles.
The INSTER gets a heat pump on every model, which will help with efficiency and range. You also get vehicle-to-load charging, which is another really useful feature.
Peak rapid charging speeds haven’t been confirmed, but Hyundai has said that it’ll manage a 10-80% top-up in 30 minutes. A full charge from a standard 7kW home charger will take under eight hours, and standard 11kW AC on-board charger means that you can make the most of the occasional faster AC charger that you normally find in town centres, gym car parks and other ‘destination’ charger locations.
Are you an instant fan of the INSTER? Is this a welcome addition to the UK electric car market? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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