"We fall short in providing the necessary practical driver training to our officers," stated a February 2007 newsletter by the department's public information office.
No matter how good the model, without the infrastructure to support regular, practical use, drivers will fail to see how an electric car can be a seamless part of their daily lives.
Tamer by a tad was the $146,000 Audi R8 out of all the cars in the group, this is the one I'd actually buy, a still-super-cool-but-practical daily driver.
"A metre matters because it provides a practical measurement for drivers when overtaking bike riders," Dunn said.
As a practical matter, the drivers' walkout is aimed at the private companies that operate school bus routes under contract with the city.
In theory, the cams, available online at www.metrocommute.com, are supposed to provide an advance-warning system for the public, but, as a practical matter, most drivers aren't surfing the Web, you hope, while they're behind the wheel.
(Its only other product, the flashy Roadster, costs $109,000 and isn't practical for many drivers).
No, the only practical way for drivers to charge their cars is by using public charge points, of which there are thought to be as many as 500 in the UK.
It's designed as a workhorse, in the tradition of vehicles like the Honda Element and the Toyota FJ Cruiser, but in a compact package that's probably more practical for urban drivers.
In a phone call, Toyota's National Manager of Advanced Technologies Craig Scott explained that the technology for fuel cell vehicles has been ready for a few years now, but the infrastructure still wasn't there to make them practical for most drivers.
