A hands on with the modern milk float!
08 September 2011 BY CMC PR | NO COMMENTS
To demonstrate just how far the electric car has come, they now warrant their own motor festival with the Ecovelocity Show at Battersea Power Station for the next four days – though they have covered their options by calling it the’ Low-Carbon Motor Festival’.
Having had a look round, there does seem to be some evidence that electric cars are a now a real option and here to stay. There’s lots of the usual rubbish and insanity but equally the Nissan Leaf and Vauxhall Ampera – plus the forthcoming Renault range - look seriously engineered and far from token efforts.
There’s a test track on hand and nearly all of the motors are available to try - as long as you take your driving licence. We had a go in the Leaf and have to say it was very impressive stuff – though they are going to have to sort the charging infrastructure if it’s going to pay back Nissan the billions they must have invested in the project.
Certainly worth a look, but a shame that a low carbon motor festival hadn’t thought of having anywhere to park bicycles!