MEGA BUSES
Going electric is the smart move these days, but how sensible do you want to be?
WORDS OLLIE KEW
PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN WYCHERLEY
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E very so often, remember you’re living in the wild sci-fi future. Your personal telephone can summon a pizza, a car, or a date. Your wristwatch maps your pulse, the telly can forecast weather and every time you connect your phone to a modern car, it downloads your dreams, wants and fears.
Welcome to a universe in which a Ford Mustang XXL and a Czech minivan are rivals. Odd, isn’t it? This is where the brave new world of electric motoring leads. Ford has reasoned the only way it can make a battery powered £40k+ SUV palatable is to dress it in pony car pastiche.