Electric Cars
Electric cars are developing at a rapid speed nowadays, alongside improvements in battery technology and charging infrastructure. But it looks as though there may be even more to come in the future, if this new technology from Nissan takes hold.
And boom, before you could catch your breath, the future hit us square in the face. Nissan Motors, purveyors of fine electric vehicles to the environmentally friendly has taken the bold and perhaps prescient step of launching an all-electric van and people carrier, aiming EV technology smack at the center of the white van man culture.
![Nissan e-NV200 – superb all electric workhorse may change small business transport for ever [Review]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nissane-nv20049taxi.jpg)
We thought it might be fitting to feature another product today which sounds like it should be foolish, but actually might see the light of day as a proper product for sale. The Rimac Electric Concept One car is a stylish electric supercar from a young Croatian entrepreneur Mate Rimac, which promises some fantastic specifications.
There’s no question that the electric car momentum has now well and truly started gathering pace, with the latest entrant to the market coming from the German giant with two letters as a logo. The Volkswagen e-up! (don’t forget the exclamation mark, Mark!) is nowhere near as revolutionary as the one we were expecting, but it’s still pretty cool, and actually breaks new ground in at least one specific piece of tech.
![Volkswagen e-up! – first look at the new electric car which proves that small can indeed be beautiful…and silent [Review]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/volkswagene-up14.jpg)
Slowly but surely all the major manufacturers are rolling out their EV (electric vehicle) models, spurred by the requirement to deliver evidence of forward thinking and the need to meet emission targets set up by various governments. The latest is the mighty Ford, with the launch of the Ford Focus EV, which we recently spent some time with as part of a longer term evaluation.
![Ford Focus EV – stylish all electric joins the fray [Review]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc03877.jpg)
The funny thing about electric cars is you wait around for one for years and years, and then all of a sudden a bunch turn up at once. It’s weird. What’s even more strange is the fact that one of the world’s most popular electric cars, the Nissan Leaf, can look so ordinary on the outside, and yet actually turn out to be such fun to drive.
![2013/14 Nissan Leaf – living with the world’s best selling electric car [Review]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc03743-1.jpg)
The new BMW i3 all electric car has been causing a bit of a stir recently, which is not surprising since it’s the first totally electric car to emerge from the German giant. The big surprise is that rather than produce a predictable luxury electric vehicle which you’d expect from the marque, the designers have gone for an eminently practical city runabout, but with an edge.
![BMW i3 Electric Car – our first test drive of this cool all electric urban rocket [Video]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/s1070007.jpg)
