Hyundai Ioniq Electric review

First: charging. Despite having an increased charging speed, top-up times are actually a little longer than the last version due to the increased battery capacity. Hyundai says it’ll recharge from flat to 100 per cent in six hours, five minutes on a 7kW charger – that’s an overnight charge at home – whilst 80 per cent charge can be achieved in 57 minutes on a 50kW charger.

Second: pricing. There are two trims: Premium (from £29,450 after the government grant) and Premium SE (from £31,450 after the grant).

Both models get the new, wide touchscreen and Bluelink, plus a wireless charging pad, a heated leather steering wheel and heated front seats. Premium SE adds things such as privacy glass, leather seats plus heated rear seats to warm back-seat buttocks.

Standard safety tech includes front collision warning and avoidance assist (it can detect pedestrians and cyclists) plus a driver attention warning system. Lane keeping and high beam assist also come as standard. Optional tech also includes a neat new feature, which alters you when the car in front pulls away. Handy if you’re stopped at lights and looking down at your phone when they go green. We all do it…