Electric cars are the hot topic right now – from the poor fool on Dragons Den who tried to pitch his design (“you’re too late!” screeched Deborah Meaden “the revolution is already under way!” Or something to that effect…) to Boris Johnson, everyone’s jumping on the bandwagon.  However, although this might make it seem like you could go and buy one now, mass availability is still quite a long way off.  Having said that, you could pop out and buy one if you looked really hard but you’re unlikely to find one that travels above 60mph and until the government introduces its safety criteria it’s all a bit touch and go.  The government is introducing subsidies for the electric car in 2011, indicating perhaps that by then they should be fully on the market.

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