A first time visit to Oslo this week, to discover a country where winter seems to last 48 weeks of the year. But they grow lots of electricity by dropping water from great heights which must explain the number of electric cars and charge points everywhere.

Hence the Nissan Leaf launch and a chance to try the newly localised Sunderland built car (and battery pack) and meet the bloke charged (sorry) with that little task.

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The update brings interior trim and colours much more to European taste plus various suspension tweaks and other updates. It drives and rides better and the myriad of detail changes are all well done and make sense. Job one = job done.

Trouble down under as Holden axed 500 jobs. Yet again the long-term future and government subsidisation of the Aussie industry comes under scrutiny. Yen? FTA with Thailand? Or just too small to survive with specialist product in a global world.

Discuss.

Have a nice weekend.

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