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BBC Radio 4 "In Business" - The all electric car

interesting from a number of points of view, including Peak Oil and emissions control...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/index.shtml

program available as a RealAudio stream or a downloadable MP3 file for one week from 20th October on the above page

Good link, thanks.
These things look pretty good to me: http://www.theaircar.com/.

I don't drive though, so I'm more interested getting a bike with a full fairing.