There have been a few diaries about the death of the electric car, and a movie now in limited release.
Tonight a start up company introduces their new electric car with lithium ion battery technology. Tesla Motors is unveiling an upper end roadster that they claim will go 0 to 60 in 4 seconds, top out at 130 mph, and go 250 miles on one charge. The price numbers are about as high as the performance numbers - roughly $100,000 per car. That's out of reach for most people but sounds like one way to get the technology out there, and hopefully it can then filter down to more middle of the road cars to follow.
Ed Schultz had a guy from the company on this afternoon, and Ed sounded pretty excited about it.