I hadn't thought of those limitations, so that makes the car even more unattractive. Does the lack of spare wheel and inability to be towed affect insurance or breakdown scheme membership?
You mentioned the environment. If we apply the, "what if we all did that" test to electric cars, the national grid would probably collapse. Wires between pylons would be glowing dull orange! I suppose the number of KWh of petrol and Diesel that we burn in our vehicles would need to come from the power stations instead (Coal, gas, nuclear, windmills, solar etc). So still an impact on the environment from increased fossil fuel burn, blighted landscapes strewn with decapitated owls from the windmills, fields covered in solar panels and increased nuclear waste.
Until electric cars make greater economic and environmental sense, I think they are doomed to failure and will never sell in any meaningful quantities. By the time this happens, Dave and George's Chinese electricity should be flowing into our homes and God help us all then.
