Five Electric Cars You Can Buy
City dwellers are the only suitable buyers for the current crop of electric cars, but the choice is improving.
Yahoo! Cars continues its look at the greener side of motoring this week, with five small electric cars you can actually buy and drive. In honesty, they're only really of use around a big city, such as London, but they have many benefits for the city dweller, as you'll discover if you read on.
Means Electrical Worker in Italian
ElettricaFor years, the electric car market has been stymied by the slow development of the batteries that power them.
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No Internal Combustion Engines here
NICE MEGA CityWe just love the clever simplicity of the NICE company's name; it stands for No Internal Combustion Engine.
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More Gee than Whiz!
REVA G-WizDespite the dodgy photographs we found on the official REVA homepage, the G-Wiz is claimed to be the world's best-selling electric car.
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What a Great Ydea!
Micro-Vett YdeaThe Ydea is the highest specification electric car available in the UK today, but it comes at a price.
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Not Quite a Ferrari
Sakura Maranello4Another contender is the Maranello4, which can be hired from electriccarhire.com or bought from Sakura Battery Co.
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