About 5,000 electric Volkswagen and Cupra cars in the UK can no longer charge past 80 per cent while Volkswagen checks their batteries for a fire risk. Autocar reported the UK figure on 6 November. Autocar says the cars are some ID.3, ID.4, ID.7, ID. Buzz and Cupra Born models built between 2022 and 2025.

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