{"id":496345,"date":"2017-03-01T01:45:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=42287"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:09:27","slug":"eclectic-electrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/eclectic-electrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Eclectic Electrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Electric vehicles are suddenly all the rage. Showing one\u2019s \u201cgreen\u201d credentials\u00a0 is very popular in this low or zero emission age, and in my neighborhood I often see a\u00a0 Tesla with \u201cZero Emissions\u201d as its\u00a0 license plate, which does give out the message to some of us fossil fuel engine driving types. The aforementioned Tesla make is probably the most high-profile, and possibly the most expensive, but we see them in ever increasing numbers. Perhaps just because they are attractively styled they tend to overshadow the offerings from other manufacturers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_590770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-590770\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LL-Howden.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-590770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LL-Howden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LL-Howden.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LL-Howden-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LL-Howden-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LL-Howden-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-590770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howden Ganley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A good number of my friends ask me when I am going to buy myself an electric car. Perhaps they think they would like to see me gliding around in such a vehicle, and they are surprised when I inform them that I embraced the technology many years ago, some 15 years ago to be precise. While not as grand as some of the modern high-end offerings, mine is a snappy little two-seater, with fold-down windscreen, just like sports cars from an earlier era. (My father\u2019s\u00a0 MG TF springs to mind.) My vehicle has a modern stepless transmission, four (yes, four) cupholders, comfortable sheepskin-covered seats and plenty of nooks and crannies for all\u00a0 sorts of\u00a0 clothing and accessories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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The aforementioned Tesla make is probably the most high-profile, and possibly the most expensive, but we see them in ever increasing numbers. Perhaps just because they are attractively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":590770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226,263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[12308,177,228,17152,11657,415,76,17140,4608,548,583,604,17143,1053,17201,3383],"class_list":["post-496345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bmw","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-fia-federation-internationale-de-lautomobile","tag-audi","tag-bmw","tag-car-culture","tag-grand-prix","tag-jaguar","tag-mclaren","tag-members-only","tag-mg","tag-motorsport","tag-monaco","tag-f1","tag-special-feature","tag-tesla","tag-last-lap-column","tag-williams"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eclectic Electrics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Howden Ganley delves into the looming future of electrically powered cars for road and racing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/eclectic-electrics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eclectic Electrics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Howden Ganley delves into the looming future of electrically powered cars for road and racing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/eclectic-electrics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-01T09:45:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:09:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LL-Howden.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Howden Ganley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Howden Ganley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/eclectic-electrics\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/eclectic-electrics\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Howden Ganley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e6ba4a77de77347fac13d64e257d60a9\"},\"headline\":\"Eclectic Electrics\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-01T09:45:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:09:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/eclectic-electrics\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":950,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/eclectic-electrics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/LL-Howden.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"(FIA) Federation Internationale de l\u2019Automobile\",\"Audi\",\"BMW\",\"Car Culture\",\"Grand Prix\",\"Jaguar\",\"McLaren\",\"Members Only\",\"MG\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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