Renault Fluence Renault Z.E. program of electric vehicles. At the same show, the Israeli company Better Place announced the Renault Fluence Z.E. would be the first electric car with a switchable battery available on the network of battery swap charging stations that it is developing in Israel. The Fluence Z.E is outfitted with a 22 kWh lithium-ion battery which allows a total all-electric range of , with speeds up to . Sales of the Fluence Z.E. are scheduled for 2011 in Israel, Denmark and the rest of Europe, and for 2012 in the rest of the world such as Asia. At the
The Home Made Car of another car which Eric was restoring at the time, a rare 1916 Perry, was used to replicate the Morris during restoration. The featured sports car, registration VWK 929, is a white late '50s Austin-Healey 100-6 with red interior. Production of the film was sponsored by the British Petroleum company (BP), and the Bucks Horn Oak scenes were based at a petrol filling station. BP continues to distribute the film. The music was by Ron Grainer and it includes a pastiche of the theme from "Steptoe and Son" when an old rag and bone man tries to steal the front