Battery Warning: Why Electric Vehicles Have Yet to Take Off

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After years of anticipation—and piles of presumptuous magazine stories and unending commercials—2011 saw the commercial introduction of GM’s extended-range electric Volt and Nissan’s all-electric Leaf. The tax credits were ready, gasoline was expensive and the cars were set to sell. All they needed were drivers.

Turns out, however, Americans weren’t quite sold on the electric car revolution.

Read more: http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2012/01/06/battery-warning-why-electric-vehicles-have-yet-to-take-off/