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• Driving a Renault 4 the length of the UK – on solar power alone

  09-08-2026 13:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Can an everyday EV drive the full 1000-mile length of the UK powered purely by British solar energy?The Easee Sun Run is proving anything but easy. A Cornish sea fog – the kind smugglers would have relished - has rolled in, blanketing the sun. We can't even see the array of solar panels 100 metres away in the field next to Roskilly's organic ice cream dairy.
  On Toby Roskilly's computer, it shows that the amount of solar energy he was planning to pass from his panels into our Renault 4
  
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• New 2CV and Smart car: big reveals coming at Paris motor show

  09-08-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Biennial motor show returns from 12-18 October – and it's going to be a big oneThis year’s Paris motor show will be among the biggest in years as the European car industry rallies against the wave of Chinese newcomers.
  The show floor will naturally be dominated by electric cars. But it will also signal a shift towards the bottom end of the market, as the likes of Citroën, Dacia and Peugeot all aim to address how they can convince the majority of buyers to make the
  
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• A big Golf GTI? My Skoda Kodiaq vRS proves itself on a Sunday drive

  09-08-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  An early morning Father's Day mission turned into a treat, thanks to the Kodiaq's mix of virtuesI'll be honest, friends - I'm struggling a little with the Kodiaq I've been running. Not for any bad reason. But when I recently had a Morgan Super 3 and then a 20-year-old BMW 330Ci as my daily drivers, there was always - always - something new occurring to write about.
  A new Skoda, though? Gosh, they're just so competent. It's like trying to find new things to say about a kettle.
  So on a r
  
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