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Beyond the Spec Sheet: Why 2026’s EV War Is Moving Past Pure 0–60 Vanity

As high-end halo projects flaunt headline-grabbing sprint times, the real engineering battleground has shifted to daily autonomous capability and execution.

For years, the electric vehicle playbook was painfully predictable: extract four-figure horsepower figures, paste an absurd 0–60 mph acceleration time onto a desert-lakebed press…

With diesel hovering near £2 a litre across the UK and the electric landscape diversifying rapidly, consumer priorities are undergoing a sharp recalibration.

Consider the contrast at the sharp end of the market. While halo demonstrators like the long-gestating Tesla Roadster still trade on aerodynamic shock value and acceleration…

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As high-end halo projects flaunt headline-grabbing sprint times, the real engineering battleground has shifted to daily autonomous capability and execution.

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