It is a pity the prospect of an electric car has become a somewhat emotional prospect.
It need not be so for it cant happen over night.
There are approximately one and a half billion cars in the world and current production of electric cars I think would be around 4 million per annum...now even if production of electric cars doubles each year, which at some point it simply can not maintain such growth and at best must level out a production level equivalent to the current production of internal combustion engine cars, it will take time... if one were to think it thru one will realise it will take some considerable time to replaced all the internal combustion engine cars.
Those who want it to happen immediately are simply unrealistic .
I think what we could find is there will be a place for the internal combustion engine for a very long time to come whilst we wait for practical recharging solutions etc.
I think a good idea a little down the track would be to have a set up like with the trams where on major highways we have a cable that electric cars can hook onto that takes away the range problem...so a trip from Melbourne to Brisbane would require only rest stops as fuel stops would at that point be a thing of the past...
The real problem that even now is developing is each camp has no tolerance of the other which is really stupid ...the market will determine the outcome and by the market I mean the market as influenced by political lobbyists
...and that is the way it always has been and always will.
Finally electricity will most likely win because you can transport it down a wire which is cheaper than a fleet of tankers and storage tanks...the oil lobbies really are fighting a lossing battle long term.
Alex