Possibly the weirdest car I've ever driven.

Went over to the London MotorExpo today, which had a bit of a "Green Car" theme. Drove a number of Eco cars, but the weirdest had to be this thing. It's a mini, all-electric Hummer. On the test route for it I couldn't do much to test any sort of performance, but it really felt weird, even in comparison to the other electric stuff there. Check it out.

http://www.myelectricvehicle.org/vehicles/mini-hummer-hx/

I should add that, although this was being tested on public roads at Canary Wharf, I think it's actually designed more as a "resort vehicle". That is a upmarket golf cart really for places where they don't allow real cars, but rich people still want to show off.

The other electric cars, especially the Nissan Leaf, were a lot more viable and impressive as real cars.

Dinky!

I sort of walked past it, then stopped, and tried to determine whether I really had just seen what I'd seen. When I turned around my first instinct was to burst out laughing, but I thought that might be a bit rude. It really is like a Hummer that shrunk in the wash. Or what you'd get if a Hummer bonked a Smart Car.