Electric cars are here to stay,

[bernardgreen]

especially if the battery is flat and there is no charging point within easy pushing distance

 

[securespark]

Ho,ho!

 

[motorbiking]

or not

Admittedly you'd only be getting a rubbish 13mpg, but these are ~500bhp cars.

 

[Corgigrouch GTi]

That's a bit of a faff.. why not miss out the middle man and just fit a nice V8?

 

[^woody^]

Why has no one thought of having an electric car with a generator in the boot like the old VW Beetle?

 

[motorbiking]

prius? Bmw i3 or i8. all have range extender options which comprise small petrol engines. But it's the worst of both worlds having both an ICE and an EV or perhaps the 15mpg

 

[Deleted member 63160]

or not

Admittedly you'd only be getting a rubbish 13mpg, but these are ~500bhp cars.

Now that's what I call enviro friendly

 

[Corgigrouch GTi]

Why has no one thought of having an electric car with a generator in the boot like the old VW Beetle?

The Hammerhead I Eaglethrust had such a system....

 

[Doggit]

Why has no one thought of having an electric car with a generator in the boot like the old VW Beetle?

I did; you obviously missed it in another post.