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WHY WE'RE RUNNING IT Can this B-SUV make a case for petrol power for the near future?
I am enjoying the BMW EV I'm currently running (see right), and its 240-mile range is mostly dandy. But I had a trip to Catalonia coming up, meandering through rural France on my way there but on my journey home driving 830 miles in one day to Caen, and that's a 12-hour schlep before stops, so I persuaded news editor Will Rimell to swap me his petrol Skoda Kamiq.
I can be a worrywart, so I got my paperwork in order, including checking whether I'd need a Crit'Air sticker anywhere.
Like the UK, France is introducing low-emission zones (LEZs), and your car's Euro emissions level dictates what sticker it's eligible for and in turn whether it's allowed into certain cities.
This story is from the October 23, 2024 edition of Autocar UK.
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