Mr. Frank Barr:

Next year's cars, certainly the Nissan Leaf, will have an extended range. It is becoming much easier. Every time we stop for a charge we get asked to talk about the car. We get the usual questions of how far it can go, how much it costs and how long it takes to charge. There is definitely an interest there, but there is also a huge big fear. It is like the fear the Deputy mentioned a minute ago. What does one do if one gets stuck down the country? It has happened to me a couple of times but I have been rescued. The Nissan service rescued me a couple of times. I never ran out of power because there were not enough chargers around the place. It was because the chargers were not working.

There have been other occasions when my car has been slowed down because I cannot get a charge due to being blocked from the charger.