Laddo has just popped round (he has left home - its usually temporary till the money runs out) with a nissan leaf* and threw me the keys.
Its the single most funky looking, inside and out, automobile I have ever clapped me mincers on. Under the bonnet out has what looks like an engine till you notice no inlet manifold or exhaust. Interior space is fine, seats comfy, boot badly shaped, dash is like the helm of the starship enterprise. The car was white with white interior. To start, you press the blue lit start button, the dash lights up, you move a big button (where the gear lever is) right and forward for forward, and backwards for backwards, and then you press the loud peddle. Except its totally silent. Holly smoke batman, does this thing SHIFT. I stamped on the accelerator and its shot off at super car levels of acceleration from up to 20 mph, and then settled down to merely fast to 50. It handles really well, and is fabulous fun to drive.
After 10 minutes of fun I left him with barely an hours worth of range !
*IF* they can sort the battery charging scheme out, electric is the way to go.
*he was chosen for a TRRL electric car travel study, he has the car for 36 hours.
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