Electric dreams

NEW FACTUAL Guy Martin: The World’s Fastest Electric Car? Monday, C4 HD, 9 pm

- IAN MACEWAN, SEAN MARLAND, RICHARD MCCLURE

Can confirmed petrolhead Guy Martin embrace the car’s electric future? This week, the Grimsby speedster sets out to learn all he can about electric vehicles in a one-off special.

‘If you want a new car beyond 2030, it’s got to be electric, whether that’s hydrogen or rechargeable,’ explains Martin. ‘But is that going to be a realistic future? I thought, “You can’t knock it till you’ve tried it!”’

In search of answers, Martin tries out a variety of electric vehicles, including an e-bike, which he manages to fall off.