Are you aware of a new Mercedes-Benz / BMW electric car battery exchange project?

I recently passed a new factory which was not working yet. I asked what it was for and was told it is a new joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and BMW to make batteries for their new range (unannounced...

Short haul

We are looking to change our ageing 1.6 Mk4 Golf for a new/nearly new car. The car is used for short commutes of about 2 miles and has to be able to accommodate bulky objects in the back. Hatchback is...

Clean Simplicity?

My wife, Carol, wants to buy an all-electric car, a four/five-seater hatchback, with a decent range. What can you recommend please? Do you think all-electric cars are all that green? What about all...

Plug leads

My second point revolves around the new breed of electric plug in cars. I read a little while ago that GM is to bring a number of Ampera to the UK for testing and the same can now be said of the Prius...

Bat out of hole

Why don't they make sure that all the batteries, in every electric car, are the same and all easily removable and replaceable (maybe in a large sliding tray underneath.) Motorway service stations and garages...

Points scorer

Last year I collected 12 penalty points that will remain with me for the next 3 years. I currently have an Audi A4 Cabriolet 3.0 with 100,000 miles, but prior to that a Jaguar XKR and a TVR Cerbera. I...

Stop starve technology

I am really interested in the Vauxhall/Opel Ampera. The benefits seem inescapable. However, given a scenario where the car is used on the daily commute of a round trip of, say, 30 miles and the odd shopping...

Elementary, my dear Watts on

In the near future, electric cars seem ideal for me (1,200 miles per year, almost entirely city travel). However I am concerned that the performance (distance) may be reduced by its inability to defrost...

Con current?

Having read with interest the various recent articles on the recent crop of electric cars. One common thing strikes you about all of them, their huge purchase cost. The Citroen C1 Evie is a prime example...

Current pun

Do you not think that to promote electric cars there needs to be a change in the law so that some electric vehicles could incorporate a small engine without running into all the legislative problems of...