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£16800 — list price
£16800 — what to pay
General description
This could be the first viable electric car if you live in an urban environment.
It's a Citroen C1 with a electic motor and battery back replacing the standard petrol engine and fuel tank.
Being based on a production car you should get all the good bits, like safety features and reliability, that small manufactures struggle to deliver.
Things to look for when buying one
Re-charging points where you're going to, if it's more than 30 miles from your home.
Replacement battery costs, if it should need one - the estimate is after a minimum of 7 years of use.
The good bits
No tailpipe emissions, it's cheap to run (£1 per charge), tax (band A) and insure (insurance group 1).
Driving one of these in London means you'll avoid having to pay the congestion charge !
It comes with a 3 year warrany.
The not so good bits
Not much range (60-70 miles in 'normal driving') on a full charge.
It's expensive to buy - twice the price of the petrol C1. That's until the £5k Government susidy comes in ....in 2011.
They're only planning on making 500 a year, so you have to get them direct from the Electric Car Company in London.
