Going green and feline good doing it: Funky Cat is the new 注目する，もくろむ-catching pure-electric car from Chinese brand Ora - we 運動 it on British roads

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This is one cat that's got the cream. For Funky Cat is the 指名する of the 注目する，もくろむ-catching pure-electric car from new Chinese electric-only brand Ora.?

I had people giving thumbs-up 調印するs and stopping me in the street to talk about it.?

定価つきの from £31,995, the four-door, five-seat First 版 開始する，打ち上げる model is cleverly 一括d and 井戸／弁護士席-在庫／株d with lots of 基準 道具 and a simple line-up with 極小の 選択s or 'extras'.?

I had 広大な／多数の／重要な fun 運動ing it through Warwickshire ― it was relaxing at pace on motorways and mastering twisty country 小道／航路s during a deluge.?

The car 証明するd a delight with plenty of 力／強力にする in reserve for swift and 効果的な 追いつくing.?

Riding on 18 in wheels, the electric 前線-wheel 運動 car's 48kWh 殴打／砲列 develops 171hp (126kW) 許すing it to 加速する from 残り／休憩（する） to 62mph in 8.3 seconds up to a 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） 限られた／立憲的な to 99 mph and with a 範囲 of 193 miles. The spacious cabin and roomy 後部 has a 賞与金 feel, soft-touch 構成要素 削減する and exposed?stitching. The 柔軟な boot is compact but 延長するs with the 後部 seats 負かす／撃墜する.?

It's a geek's delight for connected electronic fun with a 10.25 in infotainment 審査する, keyless 入ること／参加（者）, wireless 非難する, 発言する／表明する 支配（する）／統制する 命令（する）s for setting satnav 目的地s, 捜し出すing the nearest 非難する 駅／配置する, or setting the 内部の?気温; and an app with which to 支配（する）／統制する features remotely from your smartphone, such as pre-heating or 冷静な／正味のing your car.?

But it can also be a bit of a controlling nanny, telling you off if you 危険 doing wrong or momentarily breaking the 支配するs of the road, or appear to be 疲労，（軍の）雑役d or failing to 支払う／賃金?attention. Steering could be tighter and satnav graphics can 混乱させる.?

It 得点する／非難する／２０s a 最高の，を越す five-星／主役にする safety 率ing and 非難する times (to 80 per cent) 範囲 from five hours 24 minutes on a 基準 home charger, to three hours 12 minutes on a public charger ― and just 42 minutes 30 seconds on a 早い 100kW DC charger.

にもかかわらず あられ／賞賛するing from 中国, the 前線 st yling 似ているs a baby Porsche. The 内部の is friendly and わずかに retro ? like a 50s American ice-cream parlour ? with quilted leatherette seats.

Generous 基準 道具 含むs electrically adjustable 前線 seats, a 後部 central arm-残り／休憩（する） with cup-支えるもの／所有者s, 前線 and 後部 electric windows, 後部 parking sensors and a 逆転するing camera, a leather-stitched steering wheel, electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors, 発言する／表明する-承認, 小型の-style toggle switches, sat-nav, wireless phone 非難する, Bluetooth, and a 6-（衆議院の）議長 sound system.

概略で the size of a VW ゴルフ, it is 的ing compact electric 競争相手s such as Volkswagen's ID.3, the Cupra Born, Hyundai Kona and Renault Megane E-Tech.

Order 調書をとる／予約するs open 公式に with first showroom cars from 28th November.

There are four fetching 開始する，打ち上げる colours: Aurora Green with Moonlight White roof; 火星 Red with Starry 黒人／ボイコット roof; Starry 黒人／ボイコット; and 星雲 Green.

The 最大限 five-星／主役にする EuroNCAP 衝突，墜落 実験（する） 率ing - with a high 得点する／非難する／２０ within that 星／主役にする-率ing ? was in part 負かす／撃墜する to its 広範囲にわたる 前進するd Driver 援助 (ADAS) safety 一括 which 含むs: 自動車 緊急 ブレーキing with cyclist （犯罪，病気などの）発見; junction and 小道／航路 keep 補助装置 and 小道／航路 centring; traffic 調印する 承認; and adaptive 巡航する 支配（する）／統制する. It also has blind-位置／汚点／見つけ出す （犯罪，病気などの）発見 and 360-degree cameras.

Sensors in the car 含む facial 承認 cameras and ソフトウェア designed to check who is 運動ing and to 監視する their habits, which may raise an 注目する，もくろむ-brow の中で those who have 'big-brother' civil liberties 関心s. Ora says the facial 承認 system can be used to save a variety of drivers' preferences and favourite settings, and 活動させる／戦時編成する your personal ones the moment you sit in the driver's seat: 'The system also 作品 as a 疲労，（軍の）雑役 detector 確実にするing that occupants remain 安全な when 運動ing long distances, 警報ing them if they become too distracted or tired.'

指示する人（物） lights are within the main headlights which give a welcoming light 陳列する，発揮する when you 打ち明ける the car. The 指示する人（物） stalk is 数字表示式の and can be a bit fiddly to switch off until you get the hang of it.

推定する／予想する more variants 含むing a cheaper model, a sporty GT, and also a more powerful 61kWh 見解／翻訳／版 with a 261 mile 範囲. A larger, longer and sportier fastback model ? called Ora Next ? is 始める，決める to follow soon.

Ora comes from 中国 and is the electric-only brand of one of the biggest car 会社／堅いs you've never heard of ? 広大な／多数の／重要な 塀で囲む モーターs. You will. Last year GWM sold 1.28million cars globally and they're already in bed with BMW to build the next 世代 MINIs in 中国 ? rather than at the 'Home of the MINI' in Oxford. Ora is their electric car brand.

The cars are 存在 輸入するd into the UK by Birmingham-based International モーターs which already 扱うs Japan's Subaru, Isuzu, and after-sales for Mitsubishi. It is setting up a 網状組織 of 設立するd UK 売買業者s to 扱う Ora sales, though 顧客s can also choose and buy online, and 目的（とする）s to sell 5,000 cars by the end of 2023.

Ora 開始する，打ち上げるd in 中国 in 2018 and last year sold 135,000 cars there.

小型の lights up for charity?

To get you into the festive spirit, an electric 小型の has been decorated with Christmas lights ― for charity.?

This 小型の Electric is wrapped in 3,000 smart LED app-controlled twinkly lights, that can 生成する customised 活気／アニメーションs, 含むing light patterns, messages and rhythms synced to your favourite?song.?

It's the brainchild of 小型の owner Nicholas 'Nico' ツバメ from Berkshire and supported by 小型の UK to raise money for those with 多重の sclerosis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy ― a genetic 条件 that 原因（となる）s degen?eration of muscles. Each indivi

二重の light on the Festive?小型の is 利用できる to sponsor for £2. The 公式の／役人 'switch on' took place yesterday at The Lexicon shopping centre in Bracknell, Berkshire.?

詳細（に述べる）s of the Festive 小型の 小旅行する at festivemini.com.

No call for wi nter tyres?

Winter tyres, which give extra 支配する in 氷点の 条件s, are 義務的な in many European countries.?

But here in the UK there's no 合法的な 必要物／必要条件 ― and only around one in five drivers would consider fitting them, によれば a new 調査する by Audi.?

More than 60 per cent say they definitely won't.?

Cost, 可能性のある inconvenience and 欠如（する） of 法律制定 were 重要な 推論する／理由s given.?

Audi 公式文書，認めるd: 'For 44 per cent of 回答者／被告s, absence of 合法的な 義務 was enough to 納得させる them to pass up the 追加するd safety and 保護 winter tyres 申し込む／申し出.'?

Fancy that

As Britain's 運転者s 準備する for the big 凍結する, I learn that the 国家の winter and 厳しい 天候 team leader for England's 戦略の road 網状組織 is called Matt Salt, for which news I am indebted to a 国家の 主要道路s 圧力（をかける） officer called Howard Rhoades.?

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