The electric vehicle made the trip in four days, with nine stops and up to 10 hours spent recharging the batteries of the EV. The performance of the EV was certainly NOT awe inspiring nor a sterling recommendation for electric cars. The driver, Edward Milligan, said he had major concerns about where he could plug-in to recharge his batteries and the affect that cold weather had in reducing the range the EV got on a full battery recharge. Because the trip was accomplished in February 2011, the driver was very concerned that running the heater or defroster would deplete the batteries' charge and leave him stranded by the side of the road. This is progress? Duh.
He should have just driven a Volt. You plug it in at night and in the morning you have 40 miles of electric range every day. If you need to go farther, like to Edinburgh, it automatically switches to gasoline after 40 miles and will take you far on its 340 mile gas tank.
Using such a car would allow you to drive 90% of your miles on electricity and still never have to worry about range anxiety or stopping at charging stations.