On the face of it, things won’t be so different a little over 15 years from now. According to Zero Carbon Britain – Rethinking the future, a report just published by the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) we will still be driving to work, eating meat for dinner and taking long haul flights round the globe.

Back in February we told you about RobotCar, a Nissan LEAF capable of driving around the grounds of the University of Oxford all by itself.

A three-year trial in the north-east of England has found that electric vehicles will have an essential role to play in reducing urban pollution and improving quality of life.