UK in the green car slow lane yet again

Will Nichols
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Better Place could remove petrol cars from the UK's roads within a decade, but the government lacks the vision required for such an ambitious project

Shai Agassi, dubbed the 'electric car prophet', is here to change the world, and you wouldn't bet against him doing just that. But it currently looks as if the UK will have to wait decades for Agassi's...

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