[AFreeBird]

Well the Tesla Roadster has a range of 200~250 miles. Not bad for an EV. This guy gets around 90. Not great, but he's getting there and he's doing it on his own. Still, back to the Tesla, that's plenty for daily commuting for a week, but you can still plug it in every night while you're sleeping, so every day you start out with 200+ mile range.

Battery tech is really the key. Lots of new chemistry in the works.

[the anti-liberal]

Serious question:

Which is cheaper and more environmentally friendly - electricity from the grid or gasoline from the station?

[editor-surveyor]

"Battery tech is really the key."

No, a willingness to lose your freedom of mobility, and being gullible enough to spend a ton of money and end up with less than you started with are bigger keys.

Also the snooty ignorance of using electricty, the generation and transmission of which are grossly inefficient, and dirty, and overloading the power grid even further to boot, is an important key.