I am not a fan of electric cars of any type but I must say that Nissans new Qashqai just has to be the best format although the car itself (119g/km) is very disappointing.

It has electricity driving the wheels, with a very efficient generator onboard that charges the batteries.

So no long waits for charging if you go on a long journey, or stress about finding a charger.

Pure electric cars produce about 50g/km of CO2 in the UK, which is one of the better places to have an electric car because we don’t have much coal at all producing our electricity, but the electricity generation process still produces CO2 hence the above figure, which is correct for 2022.

So if Nissan can get anywhere near 50g/km of CO2 for this car that has to be very very good. Unfortunately they haven’t as yet, apparently its 119g/km, which is only as good as my old 2012 Mercedes E220 coupe.

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Even so, this format surely is the best way for larger vehicles such as trucks and planes as well. Because there is nothing as energy dense as petrol or diesel and larger vehicles just can’t carry enough of any alternative to have any useful range at all.

So the argument to save CO2, drive less, is still as important as ever. Not that anybody anywhere is thinking about that.