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I am a former motor vehicle professional. I was a Director of Fleet
Operations initially for NJ Bell and later for other Bell Operating
companies from 1978 to 1991. I served on the Mayor's Private Sector
Task Force in the City of Philadelphia in 1992 and remodeled the
city's motor vehicle operations from 1992-1995.
A bit of history which may be of interest to you: in 1910 electric
taxicabs were operating every day in the city of New York. When I
was a kid in the 40's bakery goods were delivered by electric
trucks in NYC(Queens, actually). The technology could have
advanced in the 100 years since electric vehicles were as common
as hydrocarbon-driven vehicles. And it has, but not quite enough.
Foreign oil is destroying our economy, polluting our air and
funding our enemies. To be free of dependence on foreign oil we
need a hybrid plug-in electric car that will do 45mph over a range
of 150 miles on an overnight charge. That will sell to the Anerican
public, in my judgment. But conversion to electric has to start
somewhere, even with vehicles that don't quite meet the criteria
stated above. Corn-based ethanol is a fake, costing more energy to
produce than it is worth. Ditto for hydrogen. Let's start with the
battery technology as it exists today and work to improve it.
Let's put PHEV's on the road now.