From a ZAP! Car to a Leaf, an Electric Car Odyssey in Two Commutes

ZAP! car

Driving home from work last night I saw a bright orange version of the ZAPcar pictured at right. It was likely an older model that was a bit boxier at the nose.

It seemed like a crazy contraption, somewhere between a motorcycle and a Cushman. And I'm sure it might suffer the same stability issues that the iconic Reliant Robin did in this Top Gear video.

This morning I saw my first Nissan Leaf on the road. It looked like a real car, much more substantial than I expected. That's like seeing a cave man one day and then Albert Einstein the next.