What is holding back the electric car?

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Here are more! Just ran into this a few seconds ago.

http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/10/27-electric-cars-companies-ready-to-take-over-the-road/

So many to choose from, but only the fittest will survive, sans government mandates or intervention. BTW, just a little tidbit, some of the very first cars in the early 1900’s were electric competed with gas. It was government intervention which lead to gas being the status quo for cars. The battle continues…

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I don’t believe anything is holiding back the electric car. Most people want a means of personal conveyance, and don’t really care about what goes on behind the scenes to make that happen. The relative few who do care about electric cars are served by the niche players that are already out there.