Nissan’s second-generation electric car is charging ahead of the crowdNissan LeafPrice £21,190 0-62mph 7.9 secondsTop speed 89mphRange 235 milesCO2 0, while drivingClean, efficient, silent, relentless… the cars of the future will all be powered by electric motors. Yet this advanced technology actually dates back to Victorian times when battery-powered horseless carriages shimmied around the streets of London and Paris. The first land speed record was set in 1898 by Count de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electrically driven Jeantaud – he briefly touched 39mph. Continue reading…
Source: TheGuardian
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