NICE has welcomed the prime minister's boost for renewable energy and electric vehicle sales. Gordon Brown said that renewables will supply 15 per cent of the UK's energy mix by 2020. He also emphasised the role that electric and plug-in hybrid cars will play as part of the government's carbon reduction strategy.

As electricity generation become less reliant on fossil fuels, electric cars will become even greener. They already produce less than half the greenhouse gasses of traditional cars, even with the current energy mix. An increase in renewables will move electric vehicles, like the NICE Mega City, ever-closer to zero-emissions motoring.