T he article below is an excerpt from Steve Fowler ’s DriveSmart newsletter . To get the email delivered straight to your inbox every Monday, simply enter your email address in the box above. For years, the electric car market has had one rather awkward problem: too many of the most appealing cars have also been too expensive. Yes, we’ve had brilliant high-end EVs, fast EVs, luxury EVs, seven-seat EVs and more than enough electric SUVs that cost more than some people paid for their first flat. But the small, affordable electric car – the sort of car that could genuinely tempt buyers out of a Ford Fiesta, Volkswagen Polo, Vauxhall Corsa or Renault Clio – has taken rather longer to arrive. That is starting to change. And the next 12 months could be when the electric car market gets properly interesting for normal car buyers. The magic number seems to be around £25,000. That still isn’t cheap, of course, but in new car terms it’s where things start to feel a bit more realistic.…