Originally Posted by kane

The problem is mindset. Many people have it in their head that an electric car won't work for them because of the range limitations. They see that it has a 200 mile range and say, "I need something that goes further than that." They do this because they are thinking of the one weekend trip they took during the last year where they had to drive further than that. The don't realize that most people drive less than 50 miles per day so an electric car will work fine 99% of the time.

Tesla is working on fixing that. They just unveiled 6 charging stations that can charge their model S car enough in 30 minutes that you can drive it for 3 hours at 60mph. The chargers are free to use and power themselves with solar power.

If they can get these types of things out there in major cities and heavily traveled interstates it could help lead a lot of people to an electric car.