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Lexus NX450h

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Performance

0-62mph/top speed

6.3 seconds/112mph

Practicality

Boot (seats up/down)

521/1,426 litres

Running costs

70mpg (on test)

£82 fill-up

SOMETIMES things just go right, and that’s what happened with the arrival of the Lexus and my test of a home EV charger.

In fact, the timing could hardly have been better. The plug-in hybrid Lexus got to me before the wallbox, so I could try the car running purely on unleaded, then being charged by a standard home socket, before plugging in the full-monty power source.

The question now, as the NX

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