Super-green vehicles are here, having taken off in the US thanks to enormous savings in fuel costs and a vastly improved range – but are they worth the sky-high prices?
Climb behind the wheel, hit the "power" button and a host of lights on the dashboard leap into life. The car's range in electric mode, you immediately learn, is 50 miles, plus a further 310 in petrol-powered reserve. You shift the automatic lever into drive, and it moves silently out into the traffic. The lack of any engine noise apart, this car goes like any other executive car – albeit with a slightly smaller interior than most. Welcome to the Vauxhall Ampera, hailed by its fans as the first "e-car" that, crucially, has the range to take you any place you care to go.
See full Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/aug/24/electric-cars-saving-fuel-costs.
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