I'm all for electric mobility, but here's my problem.  Our current model for the car goes like this; drive until you need fuel, re-fuel, continue driving, repeat.  This allows us to do things like drive cross country over the period of several days, and several re-fuel stops.  This is simply not possible with the electric cars we have now.  They may have enough juice to get you to work and back, but no one will be visiting their distant relations in them anytime soon.

IMHO, all the hybrids out there are the real stopgap, because they still run on gasoline.  They use less, sure, but even if you learn to drive them properly you're still only going to use about half that of a normal car. 

As for the electric cars we do have now, let's not forget that power has to be generated somewhere and we're already having trouble generating enough power to meet our needs worldwide.

What about pleasure?  I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume whoever has lent their voice to this thread enjoys driving on some level.  While I won't deny that driving something like a Tesla would indeed be a joy, I think we're a number of years from that being a realistic reality for the masses.

When we get to the point were Tesla like levels of performance are readily available and affordable, and they can be recharged in about the same time it takes to fill a tank of gas, I'll be right there.

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