Ego Street Scoota electric scooter

Looking for an environmentally friendly way to get to work? With the Ego Street Scoota you can forget worrying about increases in petrol prices because you can fill it up just by plugging it into the mains.

It's got a top speed of 30mph, so is more suited to nipping around town rather than taking in the open highway, and its range is limited to around 40 miles. A full charge cost a mere 8p, making it work out at around 0.25p a mile, which isn't bad going at all. It'll take about eight hours to completely recharge, but you can give it a quick top up in around three hours.

You don’t need to worry about pumping out messy exhaust fumes while you're out and about and there's no road tax or congestion charge to pay either.

The Street Scoota is available now for £999.95 from Firebox.