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A reelectric hot hatches actually viable? I want the answer to be an emphatic yes, we all do, right? Because a world without hot hatches in it is like a bacon sandwich without ketchup... not completely unpleasant, but ultimately a bit dry.
But hang on, doesn’t an electric version of a pumped up hatch go against everything that made them great in the first place? A hot hatch should be if not cheap, then certainly attainable. As it stands, electric cars still cost more than a petrol powered equivalent. A hot hatch should also be relatively small, nimble and chuckable (usually through the nearest hedge, backwards) whereas batteries are heavy and handling therefore cumbersome. Just ask the new 580bhp Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, predicted to top two tonnes.