Just because you only have 85 miles on a charge doesn't mean you can't take an electric car on holiday. Quite the opposite, zero carbon emission vehicles like this Smart electric car are a clean and green means of exploring the countryside.

Travelling electrically is also very cheap – so much so that B&Bs and hotels seem than happy to throw in a charge with the cost of a room (shame about the bar bills). In this video greentravelguides.tv journalist Gill Williams and cameraman Steve Hills drive an electric car from East Anglia across England to Woodovis holiday park in Devon's Tamar Valley.