Tom McGarry, from EDF Energy, said it was listening to local concerns but its priority was getting cars off the road in the first place.

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Police said the man was attacked at about 10:10 on Saturday in Grange Road, at the junction with Chalmers Crescent, after getting off a bus.

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Despite never running out of charge, I now understand the car's real-world range (worst case: about 210 miles with three passengers plus camera gear, driving on and off the highway on a below-freezing day) and, rather than getting stranded by the road, I spent four productive days with the car getting a solid feel for it.

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Simply getting the tens of thousands of U.S. Postal Service vehicles that bring us our mail on Saturday off the road would be a good start for those concerned about carbon pollution.

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In return, Beijing is getting engineering contracts to build port and road infrastructure, winning business for Chinese state-owned enterprises, and showing off what China is good at: building major infrastructure projects in record time.

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