Isn’t it funny how once you’re aware of something you see it all the time. A researcher from The Gadget Show was asking me about electric sports cars the other day, so I put her onto Tesla, then when I opened my Metro last week I found an article about them....

Although they are above the average consumer spend for a car at a whopping £100k, they look brilliant and are very covetable. With many car manufacturers exploring the electric car market, it hopefully won’t be long before there is an affordable range for everyone. 

Although there inevitably will be some carbon emmissions in the manufacturing process, if you use green electricity as your power source, they really are a practically carbon neutral alternative. As someone who has spent the past 7 years riding a bike and resisting having a car, I hope they make a small cheap version soon, perfect for city driving and ethical living. In fact, it is an interesting statastic that at the beginning of the 20th centuary there were more electric cars than gas cars, wouldn't it be great to have that again? 

Until then, if you like the electric concept and like riding your bike, how about combining the two with the Electrip electric bike? Great for longer rides that might be too much on a normal bike, you could always combine them with this crazy umbrella!