James May's electric car

Available for over a year

Top Gear presenters are known for their love of high powered, petrol-fuelled, fast cars. So why would one of them go electric? James May has bought an electric car, it can go about 75 miles on a single charge, but it does have a small petrol engine in case the battery runs flat. Reporter Samantha Fenwick caught up with him to see how he feels after his first few miles on the road.