Just recently in Spain, an Audi RS6 was caught speeding at 210 km/h on the A-49. We’ve seen faster, what we haven’t seen up until now is that this driver had more than a good reason for his behavior, as the car was stuffed with bags of hashish, totaling nothing less than 870 kilograms of the drug — which have an estimated street value of $180,000.

The driver had rather optimistically loaded the bags in plain sight, using up pretty much every cubic inch of the space inside. Upon passing a police patrol, the officers have noticed the suspicious baggage and began pursuing the guy — who really stepped on it. In the end the suspect got stuck in traffic, abandoned his car and continued the chase on foot, eventually getting caught.

Stupid!

Ultra small electric vehicles are the future for the green minded and those who’d like to slash their monthly gas bill and their carbon footprin. Renault realizes it, hence why the French have announced the production of the Frankfurt-introduced electric vehicle, the new Twizy Z.E. (Zero Emission) Concept in Spain. It will be the Renault Valladolid plant located 150 km North West of Madrid where the small electric vehicles will be produced.

Renault is committed to bringing smaller non-polluting commuters to the market (especially Western Europe) by 2011 and the Twizy will be the first product courtesy of the long term future plan. What is special about the Twizy is its Pearlescent white body coating and luminous matrix displays which can function as head- or tail- lights. You can also use these lights to create faces that communicate the driver’s emotions.

Power comes from a 20 hp electric motor which renders 70Nm of Torque. The motor is connected to a lithium-ion battery pack and this combination gives the commuter a 100 Km range.