Our Editor-in-Chief drove an electric car recently, called the ev’ie. Unlike the GoinGreen G-Wiz that urbanites typically associate with battery cars, this one is based on the crash-tested Citroen C1.
You can read his thoughts in full for yourself, but what comes across is that combustion engined cars that have been morphed into electric ones convince much more than their purpose-built, quadricycle city runabout rivals. Ed Morris drove the Mitsubishi iMiEV and drew a similar conclusion.
This led to me thinking: if you could convert any car into an electric one, which would you choose? Since smart is trialling electric versions, for my money the defunct smart roadster holds considerable appeal. Granted, it’s not exactly practical for most people, but then a G-Wiz isn’t either.
Which car would you turn electric?
How about a HUMMER? It would be fun to feel smug cruising around Central London without having to pay any congestion charge.
editor | 11 Jul 09 - 0:51