The Manhattan Institute has released a report noting exactly what I've been saying for about a decade; the economic and environmental impacts of electric cars are overstated to even negative. There are a lot of great ways of protecting the environment, starting with encouraging two parent families (where only one works) and getting people to purchase newer, more efficient vehicles. Cutting transit wouldn't hurt, either, as its average passenger miles per gallon resembles little so much as every rider in a Suburban.
But electric cars? Nice gimmick and spectacular acceleration due to a flat torque curve, but not practical anywhere with long gaps between charging stations, for long drives, or for use in winter north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Plus, no chance of the fun and joy of a manual transmission with an electric. Blah.
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