Electric cars

I mentioned the disappointingly slow progess towards shiny one-piece suits in the teleworking post below. I'm sure that we were also promised hovercars, but I haven't seen many of those in these parts recently either. However, I did listen to an interesting programme about electric cars on the BBC's excellent In Business programme this evening. Download or listen to the programme via this page.

Good though the programme is, I have the feeling that we'll still be driving vehicles which would be very familiar to Mr Benz in 15 years from now. Hybrids seem to be the way to go.

All this might have implications for what I've come to call the 'Thatcham Shuffle'. I.e. the stream of vehicles shuffling into Newbury from Thatcham as I drive into Thatcham in the morning and vice versa as I travel back to Newbury. I did the trip by bike on one day this week. Thankfully my route (by the canal and along mostly excellent cycleroutes for the whole four miles) was pretty much unimpeded by other cyclists.