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A lineup of seven early electric vehicles parked in front of the Houses of Parliament in London, including a Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius Plug-in, Audi A3 e-tron, BMW i3, Renault Zoe, Volkswagen Golf GTE and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, with a red double-decker bus passing in motion blur behind them.

Britain Just Passed Two Million Electric Cars. It’s Also Six Points Behind Its Own Target. Only in the UK.

The United Kingdom has just passed two million registered electric cars. It is also, simultaneously, missing its own government’s targets by a gap wide enough to park several thousand of them in. This is, it turns out, precisely on brand.…

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Škoda has pulled off one of the more impressive brand transformations in automotive history — from the butt of jokes to one of the most consistently recommended manufacturers in Europe in roughly three decades. Under Volkswagen Group ownership it has built a reputation for delivering more car for less money than its stablemates, which is either a clever market strategy or a sign that the other VW Group brands are overcharging. Probably both. Cars & Code covers Škoda with the appreciation it has thoroughly earned and a genuine interest in whether it can carry that value proposition into the electric era.