Electric cars

One thing I saw in London was a G-wiz electric car. I remember being mildly impressed at the way it pulled up in front of me outside the Russell Square tube station on an empty road and then accelerated away with only a quiet whirr.

And then I saw this.

Wow.

That's pretty bad. And Jeremy Clarkson drove one into a table at 40mph and what happened? The same thing, except that time the batteries exploded acid all over the place.

I think there are two reasons why electric cars haven't taken off - first, the big oil companies stifle their development and second, all of the production ones have so far been shit. Except the Tesla Roadster, but that does cost ludicrous amounts of money.