Electric Cars are NOT the Answer: Why Electricity Makes as Much Sense as Ethanol

First Tesla Motors, then the Chevy Volt. Yes, they're cool...but do they make sense?

The answer? A clear no. Below is an image from Irv Salmeen, a Prof. at the Univ. of Michigan.


And this, of course, does not take into account the (notable) increase in prices due to both global demand for the primary fuels for electricity generation and electricity itself.