"Doctor Drivel" gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

So you will juts have to put up with running costs 3-10 times higher
han a battery car in a few years time.

That's right! Hit him in the pocket and he will soon see sense.

There's rather more to it than sheer cost, of course - else everybody
would already be driving things like Smarts or C1s.