just the quiet thrum of wheels on the road as it turns into this swindon business park. and when he gets to work, paul doesn t have to hunt for a recharging point. there are 50 in this office car park to go with the 150 electric company cars. and the firm even pays for the electricity to recharge them. why? because i think electric cars are coming. in our world we are in the business of leasing cars and i think it all begins with us demonstrating how we think this technology is feasible, it s here, it s now. the sales talk, it seems, is working. 40% of the cars they lease to customers are now electric. but i ve never seen so many electric charging points in one place. out on the road, in the real world, how easy is it to find a place to recharge? there is no doubt about it, infrastructure does need to ramp up. but i see that every week, we see that. this summer, if you drove on holiday, as many of us did in electric cars,