Hmm. So electric cars are just dull, boring milk floats huh? Think again! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this sexy, cool looking Zebra Model Z sports car on the library computer back in London.Incredibly, at last here I was 5 months later, realising my virtual fantasy in California in the driving seat before it's debut in the US cop series 'Nash Bridges' starring Don Johnson.

Awesome! C'mon James Bond, save the planet in one of these!

But the highlight of my day was the chance to have my first ever driving lesson in the GM EV1 around the old naval yard in Alameda.
I felt an incredible buzz and adrenalin rush as I opened the door of this rrEVolutionary car and sat in the driving seat. Now the GMEV1 is a car I could definitely be seduced in! It was like sitting in the cockpit of a plane. No key was needed to start the car. I simply typed in a password and the dashboard lit up before me in sexy red. "That's it, we're ready to go", he said.

"Just put your foot down on the accelerator". I obeyed. Wow! The power beneath my feet was exhilerating. 0-60 in 8 1/2 seconds with a top speed restricted by a governor to 80 mph.The prototype GM Impact holds the land speed record at 183 mph. Incredible. As I drove noiselessly around the base I couldn't stop grinning and whooping. Where was the testosterone-fuelled, road-rage inducing, angry, revving of the car engine?. Where was the familiar burst of filthy tailpipe-emissions on ignition? There was an unfamiliar but welcome, soothing silence. I felt so happy and grateful to be alive at that moment. These cars could change the world. They would sell like hotcakes in the UK. I knew then that I was going to my bit to spread the message when I got home. "End the EV taboo, not some time in the future but NOW!"