Chrysler didn't survive...Twice. And the general went bankrupt, though the new GM shares the name and many assets of the old GM. And perhaps instead of a government that does nothing to encourage entrepreneurs, one alternative would be to have conditions like 65% US cotent right out of the gate and production of thousands of ultra luxury cars during the aftermath of the Great Recession, the requirements could have been relaxed to allow investors confidence to put up more than the 1 billion dollars Fisker claimed to have. And ironically loosening the reliance on government backed loans by allowing investors to take on more of the company's funding needs.

Well said Antony. And yes, small efforts across more than 300 million residents and millions of tourists and visitors will have big impacts.

Doesn't seem THAT hard to explain...80 miles of EV range with nopossibility of being stranded during an 80 mile trip. BEV w? training wheels.

Charlie Harnett,
"In the second year on sale, which was 2002, the number of hybrids delivered rose to 20,282 (15,556 Priuses and 4,726 Insights), against roughly 53,000 plug-in electric cars last year..." tells us something.

You mean like the ones reading this? With a net connected device? With high speed connection?

The cost will come down when incorporated into and financed with original building construction.

Connection to the grid, household wiring and meters are expensive. Yet they are not viewed as a separate expense from the residence. Utility companies often take on some of these costs, knowing the home will house paying customers for years to come. In contrast solar is percieved as an expensive add on.

Setting up a home for solar could result in as little as $150 in costs for new construction. Or $50,000 of retrofitting for existing construction, as part of the balance of system costs for larger homes, even before panels or inverters are considered.

The problem could also be solved by putting a card on your car that says unplug me if the green light is flashing or any time after xy:xy AM

I will be joining you as a Tesla owner when their gen III product is sold. You do know that the Volt electric motors can work in opposition to each other to avoid over charge/regen to the battery.

Sure, when you are elected "pres" for life, you will choose the 4 MPG limousine. With huge dual gas tanks that carry five times more energy (each) than any passenger vehicle battery ever made. Comforting!!

James, EV's don't require "more barrels of oil to power." EV's don't require barrels of oil at all. They can and do run on electricity from natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, wind, hydro and bio mass.

In fact refining and delivering gallon of gas to a gas tank requires the use of enough energy to run an EV for about 28 miles. This is required for refined gasoline even before a drop of it is even burned in the average 23 MPG US auto engine.