Citroen C1 ev'ie

The ev'ie is a Citroen C1 with the petrol engine replaced by an electric motor and a bank of batteries. It is capable of up to 70 miles, although this is greatly reduced if travelling at the ev'ie's top speed of 60mph. The range is impressive considering this is no stripped down quadricycle, but the UK's first four-seater electric car, complete with airbags and up to five doors. The ev'ie joined the Eco-Rally convoy for the final leg from Sainsbury's in Greenwich to London's City Hall, where guest driver John Surtees presented the car to EV advocate, Boris Johnson.

The makers, Electric Car Corporation PLC, believe that electric cars should provide quality standards and levels of comfort, reliability and safety not hitherto seen in electric cars. All electric cars sold by ECC are based on safety proven EU platforms that have been fully crash tested and have full air bags and other passive and dynamic safety systems.

ECC and its subsidiaries covers all aspects of the UK's transition to a mass market electric vehicle transport solution. ECC PLC companies cover a wide range of disciplines including electric vehicle development, electric vehicle sales, and infrastructure development.

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Some of us may dream of being motor-racing legends like John Surtees, but the truth is that Britain's inner-city motorists are increasingly stationary for up to half of their morning rush hour journey. Citroën recently assessed traffic congestion in five major city centres - London, Cardiff, Birmingham, Norwich and Manchester during the rush hour. The snapshot showed commuters to be stationary for 25 minutes - 42% of the time - in an average one hour journey in which they travelled just 12.9 miles.

Perhaps surprisingly, London motorists covered almost twice as many miles as they did in 2006 - 13.2 compared to 6.8 - yet were stationary for around 5 minutes longer. Cardiff motorists experienced the least change, covering the biggest distance of all the cities assessed, which may compensate for the fact that they endured the longest time stationary.

This study shows the reality of daily motoring life, underlining the suitability of zero emission vehicles like the Citroen C1 ev'ie.

	2006		2008
City	Time Stationary	Miles Covered	Time Stationary	Miles Covered
London	19m 20s	6.8	24m 06s	13.2
Norwich	20m 32s	15.7	21m 20s	10.0
Manchester	21m 00s	16.2	25m 02s	10.9
Birmingham	21m 44s	14.8	23m 55s	14.2
Cardiff	30m 13s	15.7	30m 46s	16.3
AVERAGE	22m 34s	13.8	25m 02s	12.9