With the talk of Peak Oil being at our front door, if not already in the sitting room, there can be no denying the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels for transport. But the uptake of alternative fuel vehicles has been slow, with the overriding limiting factor in weaning an automotive culture from non-renewable energy sources being one of alternatives in that there really aren't (m)any.

When companies like Toyota started to unveil hybrids to general public in the mids 90s, many consumers saw this as an answer in their quest to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. But for others the fact that hybrids carried a premium price tag and really did not have very impressive highway fuel economy meant that they were not a viable alternative to green motoring.

But with the advent of vehicles such as the Tesla and now the much heralded Mini E, the once forgotten Electric Vehicle seems on the verge on main stream motoring...

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