BMW...All cars to be electric in a decade..

[dghii]

I'm retired now (as of last summer) but door to door, home to office was 3 miles. I'd have loved to be able to ride my cart to work! We used lots of electric vehicle at our work and they were great forms of transportation.

If you haven't been paying attention, its worth doing some research it what the latest generation of electric vehcles have to offer.

My oldes son works in Orlando and his boss has a Tesla S....not sure how old but at least a year. He received a software upgrade that allows his car to work autonomously...not driving on the highway but it will park itself (at work or at home in the garage).

No fanfare on the release of the upgrade. It just works. My son has been in the car during the parking...he said it was weird but just worked.

I can't imagine!

[jaykay]

Battery capacity is one thing but the time to charge for range is a whole other kettle of fish. Perhaps a whole new industry can be developed around long range charging stations...hotels, cafes, spas.....shopping etc.

I may be totally unaware of the progress of current battery technology...but I think the charge time and weight of Li ion are just never gonna cut it long range. Something like a nano flow cell configuration is much more viable competitor to the ICE. Pump in some electrolyte and away you go.

While electric allows people some relief from pollution in high concentration population centres. I just jope that the efficiency is such that we will not be just just shifting Carbon emissions to a dirty grid. I for one will be truly saddened when the "sports car" I am driving no longer gives me that soulful visceral experience that has everything to do with a great sounding/feeling ICE...