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Peter Curran on his investigation of Europe's electrical car industry, reaching Germany.

Peter Curran continues his investigation of Europe's electrical car industry, reaching Germany by electric car. From July 2010.

Peter Curran continues his attempt to drive a battery powered car round Europe. This week, the autobahns of Germany and an uphill struggle over the Alps. En route he visits the huge Volkswagen plant and test drives a hydrogen car.

But Peter's main concern is finding enough places to charge up the battery, and at one point he ends up in a garden full of gnomes...

Producer: Kevin Dawson
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

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Peter Curran takes a bold 4,500 mile trans-European journey in an electric car

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