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The battery technology needs to improve before I will consider it. For me to buy an electric car, it needs to be able to:
1. Drive 300+ miles on one charge.
2. Take no longer than 10 minutes to fully charge.
3. Battery needs to last a minimum of 30 years without a serious drop in output.
None of these things are practical with current battery tech, so I will patiently wait till it gets to that point. Also, the electricity to charge these vehicles has to come from somewhere, and a huge increase in electricity demand = a huge increase in electricity production, which, at this time, will more than likely mean just as much pollutants will be put out as if we all kept driving gas vehicles. Unless of course we build a ton of nuclear plants OR manage to make a break through in fusion reactors soon (pleeeeaaase??).
As Tie2000 says though, hydrogen fuel cells are much closer to accomplishing this goal right now, we'd just need the infrastructure to support them.
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