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Article: An electric charge
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2009
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The new generation of electric cars has been one of the talking
points of this year's Frankfurt Motor Show. But can they really
overcome tough hurdles and make inroads into the mass market? James
Moore reports
'They're dreadful." Charles Cohen's view on electric cars is
unequivocal. He should know, he drives one. The chief executive of
mobile telephone-gaming company Probability is the (less than) proud
owner of an Aixam Mega City, which he uses to get into his
Westminster office.
It is, he explains, because the incentives are compelling.
Electric cars incur no congestion charge, can be parked for a snip
and charged up for free. And there's no road tax. If only the
driving was a better ...