“Based on the article referenced by this thread, however, we must now question if the latest electric car technology still falls short of the hype about electric cars being pushed by misguided environmentalists.”
Let me start off by saying, I doubt this article is accurate regarding pure electric cars, versus hybrids.
The second issue is the source of generated power. Natural gas, nuclear, solar, wind and hydro are all cleaner sources of power than burning gasoline. As the mix moves further in that direction, as it should, electric cars will look better and better.
We just need to get folks over their completely irrational fear of nuclear power.
Investors tend to do the math and be pretty rational. There is no law against building more nuclear power, just no investors willing to get nuked again.