Diesels in london

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The main problem with electric cars isn't the pollution - it's the fact that driving one makes your penis turn inside-out, pop into your pelvis and become a vagina.

Like it or not - it will be the future IMO. With Electric cars becoming 'mainstream' and advanced petrol engines for performance-orientated cars or those with greater range.

I recently had a browse of this very brave thread on Pistonheads and it makes for quite interesting reading on the new Nissan Leaf -
http://www.pistonheads.com/gAssing/topic...eaf+Acenta

Yes - there are LOTS of downsides. Any journey over 85 miles is going to require careful planning. Then there's the charging points - you don't pay to charge at a public charging point, but as electric cars become more popular the demand for charging points will outstrip what's available at any given time - especially at motorway service stations.

This fella paid (or is financing) around £13k for his Leaf, whilst leasing the battery from Nissan simultaneously. Compare that to a Golf or similar and it really is starting to make sense, especially if you do less than 50 miles a day - like me.

Consider that this is very early days and the Nissan Leaf is one of the first marketed fully-electric cars and the future does look quite interesting for them. Range extension, the performance of the BMW i8 (strictly a hybrid) and so on.

I think diesel will die the death eventually and will only be seen in heavy plant vehicles and long-distance HGVs.