Electric cars in the UK?

Question

Hey, are there electric cars available in the UK such as the tesla roadster.

If not by what year do you think we could get hold of these type of electric cars for a reasonable price ( around £15,000 )

And when I say these type of cars I mean ones that actually look like cars, have good acceleration and can go on for a reasonable amount of miles when charged.

Answer 1

Have a look at www.pmlflightlink.co.uk. They have built a fantastic electric car out of a mini with 640 bhp. Yes, no typo! The problem was no brakes. They may have overcome this by now.

Answer 2

the hybrids are getting cheaper  

Answer 3

When the oil oligarchs have had their way with us, i.e. exploited as much money from us via fossil fuels, we might just start seeing such technologies come to fruition

What about the Joe Cell?

Besides the infrastructure isn't in place for electric cars to become a viable alternative. How many electric stations have you seen in the UK?

Answer 4

there never going to be a quick car when there battery pow ed

Answer 5

they keep on about there good for the environment

but what they don't tell you is the amount of electric it takes to recharge the battery and the environmental cost to dispose of the battery at the end of its life  

Answer 6

I'd say in the next five years we'll see some good ordinary electric cars becoming affordable and available in the UK.  Garages really need to pick up on it and have charge points.

Answer 7

On a slightly different note if we had the political will we could develop and mass produce an electric vehicle that was not only cheap to buy and run but but also took up less road space than the present fad for bigger and brasher 4x4s.

The problem we have is that we are still governed by vested interest ,oil rules ok and politicians have no idea of the reality of real living

Answer 8

Renault Nissan is launching their own electric car in Israel by 2011.

They've also started production in Portugal this summer

http://www.renault.com/renault_com/en/ma...

Answer 9

here is a capacitor that might help the electric auto industry.

should wipe out the internal combustion engine.(if true)

http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/15/technolo...