Rides Test Drive: Nissan’s EV-02 Concept

Despite all the new earth-friendly regulations recently imposed on automakers, no one has any idea what we’ll be driving 15 or 20 years from now. But with the Obama administration’s new emission requirements and their decision to axe over half of the government hydrogen fuel cell funding from ’09s budget, a number of car companies are looking to put most of their marbles in the electric vehicle (EV) game.

One of those companies is Nissan. Even though they don’t plan to drop their EV until late 2010, they’ve already got a test mule up and running for journalists to put through the paces. They brought their EV-02 (the only one in existence) through New York and we got a chance to push it around a little bit. Read on for our full review below…