Lexus UX 300e

Running costs

3.3mi/kWh (on test)

£15 to charge/£0 or 2% tax

Practicality

Boot (seats up)

367 litres

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

7.9 seconds/100mph

MODEL TESTED: Lexus UX 300e Premium Plus

PRICE: £46,145 POWERTRAIN: 1x e-motor, 54.3kWh battery, 201bhp

HERE, we’re testing the UX 300e in Premium Plus trim, which is in the middle of a three-strong trim line-up. It’s priced at £46,145, with our car’s optional Terrane Khaki paint bumping that figure up by £570, to £46,715.

THERE’S not much to set the all-electric UX 300e apart from the hybrid UX 250h on the outside. The keenest of eyes will spot a gently tweaked grille, which sits within a sleeker front bumper with