The electric vehicle is not a new idea. In fact, before WWI, a third of the vehicles on our roads were electric.
And in a time of astronomical oil prices, diminishing supplies, and the worldwide repercussions of pollution, it seems the electric car is about to have its time… again.
Reporter Rod Vaughan has been trying out the cars that are about to arrive in New Zealand and finding out why this country could well be the world’s testing ground.
How practical are these vehicles and are they the solution to the world’s energy and environmental problems?