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Opinion is divided here at SmartPlanet -- some think the new Elettrica from Future Vehicles is the best looking EV on the market, but others think that the G-Wiz offers more character.
We’re all agreed on the performance, though. A 70 mile range and 45mph top speed means that it can compete with anything in its class, but the price is a little steep. At £9,950 for the lead-powered version and £12,750 for the lithium-powered version, the Elettrica costs several thousand pounds more than the G-Wiz.
We saw one in Wandsworth yesterday, and it looked really cool. If you can afford the extra money, then it might be hard to resist going for this over one of its competitors. In any case, competition is great for the industry, and for us consumers.
If your tastes are a little more traditional and your wallet a lot heavier, then there is another interesting option you should consider -- Future Vehicles can sort you out with a little electric car that has been putting smiles on faces for decades.
The company offers classic cars, equipped with cutting edge electric drive trains, and they’ve started with the most iconic of them all -- the Mini. Starting at £17,500 the company will track down a Mini in great condition and install batteries and motors to give you a silent and green motoring classic.
Loving cars and loving the environment are nearly, but not quite, mutually exclusive. There are exciting green cars, but they’re few and far between. The Tesla Roadster may thrill while it quietly whizzes around, producing no emissions, but it costs a fortune, and the company is taking its time to get them on the road.
Being able to buy a Mini (and very soon several other classic cars), in a modern and environmental form means that green motoring can appeal to your heart as well as your head.
21 January 2008 12:56pm
Someone please tell me why electric cars are always hyped as being green. The electricity they need will most likely be generated by burning coal, which is the biggest source of CO2/kwh, not to mention acid rain. Quote this cars worst-case CO2/km figure and prove me wrong.
03 April 2008 04:01pm
That would have been a good question about ten years ago. Most electric vehicles will be charged at night, agreed? using excess electricity that is on the grids, which would have been going to waste anyways.
2. With renewable energy available you can now charge your vehicle using energy created by wind turbines etc. 100% clean.
Electric vehicles are by far the most sensible option to tackle rising emission rates.
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