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The all-electric Mahindra e2o will go on sale in the UK next month. Made in India, it’s the replacement for the G-Wiz – and it promises to be safer and better built.

Offering zero-emission transport for four people, the e2o will cost between £13,000 and £16,000 and come with a three-year battery guarantee. That’s a lot more than the little Renault Twizy, but less than the most modern grown-up electric cars like the Nissan Leaf.

The range of prices will cover a range of trim levels. What these are is yet to be announced, which could seem like brinksmanship when people are supposed to be putting their hands in their pockets a few weeks from now, but Mahindra obviously doesn’t think this is a problem as performance figures for the UK model are also to be advised closer to the on-sale date.

Quite how much closer they can actually get is something we’ll learn… well, any minute now, you’d think. But in the meantime, the version of the e2o already on sale in India has a 25bhp electric motor giving it a top speed of 50mph and a battery that promises to keep it moving for 75 miles.