Does the electric hot hatch exist? We drive the most promising candidates
We’re calling it now: in 2024 the electric hot hatch has arrived. Leaps and bounds in battery and motor technology mean there are now several cars that we’d class as hot hatchbacks on the EV market.
The result is a car with enormous grip, and one that inspires confidence and asks to be hustled at every corner – whether you’re in the mountains of Barcelona where we first tested it, or back home in the UK. Just as well, then, that the interior’s new Sabelt sports seats are both comfy but also supportive when pushing on.Unlike its predecessor, the Mini Cooper Electric was designed from the ground up to be an electric car, and it’s all the better for it.
The result is impressive on paper: 429bhp of power, 443Ib ft of torque and a top speed of 124mph. But the headline figure? That’s 0-62mph in just 3.8sec – which is very much knocking on the door of supercars.
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