The status quo of electric cars: better batteries, same range

[profgoose]

Electric motors and batteries have improved substantially over the past one hundred years, but today's much hyped electric cars have a range that is - at best - comparable to that of their predecessors at the beginning of the 20th century. Weight, comfort, speed and performance have eaten up any real progress. We don't need better batteries, we need better cars.

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6480

[dkf]

1. After coping with the eternally depleting battery on my iPhone I finally realized

How important it is to have a decent battery range. It sucks to constantly be worrying about charging up.