{"id":748453,"date":"2026-08-24T18:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748453\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:50:14","slug":"first-look-at-suzuki-e-sky-sub-20k-ev-due-in-uk-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748453\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at Suzuki e-Sky: sub-\u00a320k EV due in UK next year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suzuki has taken the wraps off its\u00a0e-Sky<\/a>, a new electric city car that is coming to the UK next year as a rival for the Renault Twingo<\/a> and Honda Super-N<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is Suzuki\u2019s first electric kei\u00a0car, meaning it has been developed\u00a0according to the Japanese class\u2019s strict limits on size. This has resulted in a boxy upright shape, which is designed to maximise occupant space in a minimal footprint.<\/p>\n

The car is little changed from the concept version displayed at last year\u2019s Tokyo motor show. The most notable visual revision is a\u00a0swap\u00a0from the concept\u2019s futuristic LED lighting to more a chunkier and more conventional set-up.<\/p>\n

Technical details remain under wraps until the autumn but, in keeping with kei convention, it is likely to use a single front-mounted motor with an output of 63bhp.<\/p>\n

Japanese media has reported a range of 193 miles, which would put the e-Sky ahead of the rival Super-N (128 miles). However, the Super-N is not actually a kei car: it is based on the Honda N-One E but modified to suit export markets such as the UK with a more powerful 94bhp motor and a wider, more aggressive body. It remains to be seen whether Suzuki will follow Honda in modifiying the e-Sky with extra power to suit the preferences of UK buyers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Suzuki<\/p>\n

Regardless, this model will form a crucial part of the brand\u2019s future plans in the UK. Suzuki UK boss David Kateley previously told Autocar that \u201cthe A-segment BEV is vitally important\u201d and that he was \u201cvery excited about its prospects\u201d.<\/p>\n

To that end, pricing is expected to start at below \u00a320,000 \u2013\u00a0around the same money as the combustion-engined Suzuki Swift supermini.<\/p>\n

The e-Sky is due to arrive next spring\u00a0and its sales will provide the Japanese brand with a useful boost toward its qualification for the UK\u2019s zero-emission\u00a0vehicle mandate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It will be followed a year later by Suzuki\u2019s third EV, which, Kateley said, \u201cdefinitely won’t be an electric Swift\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suzuki has taken the wraps off its\u00a0e-Sky, a new electric city car that is coming to the UK…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-748453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}