Some interesting electric car developments went down in England recently -- Liberty Electric Cars announced plans to convert "tens of thousands" cars and SUVs to electric operation, starting with the Range Rover, and NICE previewed a scissor-door concept it'll be showing at the London Auto Show.

ENGADGET: NICE shows off prototype electric car; Liberty plans an electric Range Rover

Playing by the rules was a foreign concept to Williams, and all of these would eventually be broken in his own operation.

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