I agree that electric cars have some way to go.<p>Automakers have to put smaller and more efficient internal combustion engines to meet fuel economy and emission standards. You can put very powerful electric motors in cars without increasing CO2 emissions significantly.<p>I do worry that low fuel prices are doing strange and bad things to the market. I think if there were a republican president in power now, (s)he could raise taxes on fuel to help normalize the market, but there&#x27;s no way Obama could do that at this point in time.