The Edinburgh-based European Energy Centre (EEC) and Edinburgh Napier University are behind a series of new short courses aimed at giving people a better understanding of electric cars and bikes. Soaring fuel prices and increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions are making electric vehicles seem an increasingly attractive proposition. But there’s still a measure of uncertainty about the benefits. The EEC's Paolo Buoni and Tariq Muneer, a Professor of Energy Engineering at Napier, who designed the two-day course, discuss the advantages of electric vehicles with Greg Russell, from the Edinburgh Science Triangle: