THE WEEK THAT WAS: Look ma, no petrol
Author: Graeme Roberts | 30 July 2010
Highlight of the week was finally getting a go in Nissan's all-electric Leaf. Unexpectedly, the UK sales unit was offered a left hand drive near-production prototype for a couple of weeks and has cheerfully spent the last couple of weeks offering drives to assorted hacks and potential fleet buyers.
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