Given that Mr Chris 'we are all doomed' Huhne is about to make us all live in the dark due to power shortages caused by relying on frozen windmills instead of power stations, maybe the idea of thousands of people charging their cars might not be something uk.gov is in favour of at the moment.
But how the hell did the Leaf win Car of The Year, and why ?
...and the Car of The Year prize goes to.... a car that won't get you home in a snowstorm
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...If one wants to run around town, then a scooter's a better bet - and if someone would make a sensible three wheeler, that took two people side by side and had space for the shopping, that would be a perfect town vehicle....
...Mostly, 40 miles is about as far as you can go before it starts to wheeze and you are looking for hills to glide down.
...And what happens when it snows? Well, so long as you keep moving, it's no different to the rain and manufacturers say that cold or hot, wet or dry, the batteries keep giving out the required power.
At least until they don't have any power left.
And being stopped in a freezing cold car in the dark, the last thing anyone is going to want to have to do is turn off the heater, turn off the demister and turn off the lights and windscreen wipers - especially if the snow is coming down so hard that turning them off means they will be snowbound when a chance to move comes along.
And so, as the UK's airports fail to get runways cleared and aircraft de-iced, where does that leave a car that won't go because the battery has run out?
Answer: don't buy a white one - you'll need it to be seen when its lights pack up. Bright yellow? A yellow stain on the snow? At least ribald humour might mean it gets seen from the air.
Then there's another issue : the place that makes the most fuss about being "green" is California which is a huge laugh as it's one of the most profligate automotive societies in the world.
It also frequently runs out of electricity....
...Nissan USA admit that driving 15 miles in traffic would mean that the car only goes for four hours.
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This last bit got me laughing the most though:
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Another interesting thing: you need to use a dedicated charging dock: you can't just plug into an ordinary socket in your office car park.
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I thought we had just got all of those gadget companies to agree a common standard for power bricks ?
