I'll probably end up getting a Toyota Prius or similar hybrid. 50 mpg city ain't bad, and apparently some people have been hacking them to accept wall current, yielding up to 180mpg(!!!!) for short trips of 30-40km or less using predominantly battery power. Considering the majority of our vehicle use is buying groceries from the local superstore (around 20km round trip) or ferrying kids around (always within 40km) it sounds pretty close to perfect.
Before you enviro's jump down my throat, yes I know I'm offloading energy consumption from the pump to the power station, and yes our local power generation is coal-fired so it's still fossil-fueled. Get over it. If more people used electric cars, it'd allow fuel consumption vs. power generation to be centralized and more efficient, reducing the need to truck gas all the hell and gone and make the skies far, far cleaner over major cities.
