To Infiniti and beyond

The scene at the Millbrook Proving Ground was beginning to feel like something out of a James Bond film. Our cellphones had been confiscated at the edge of the track. The only camera among us now hung from the neck of a single, vetted photographer. Those in attendance were all highly selected, the elite of the automotive world. Of course, when you’re offered a glimpse of the future, certain precautions must be observed.  The car we had come to see was the Infiniti Emerg-E, Nissan’s bold foray into the world of electrical supercars. Hand assembled, this prototype would never be bought or sold, never enter production. It would afford us our glimpse of the world to come, then disappear, whisked off to a museum showcase to live on forever as the first of its kind. And what a first it was. Giving ‘green’ a supercar sheen The Emerg-E is no