With prices starting from around £86,500, you'll also need a big wallet. The Vauxhall Combo Life Electric – formerly the Combo-e – is a large 7-seater offered in regular and long-wheelbase formats.

Vauxhall has announced that its ... commands a £100 premium over the standard seven-seater, and undercuts the previous price by £2000. The Combo-e Life uses a 50kWh battery which provides ...

The downside to a seven-seater, though, is that they’re often more expensive than smaller cars and that means they’re not always available with a low or no advance payment on Motability.

You see, while the e-5008 isn’t the first 7-seat electric SUV ... while the cheaper Citroën e-Spacetourer and Vauxhall Vivaro Life Electric aren’t especially well suited to family life ...