Electric Vehicles in Depth, Part II: NmG, An EV for the Rest of Us {Autoblog Green}

Jun 18th 2006 7:39PM What we need is a car that takes us 50 miles on electricity and then is able to switch to a regularly fueled engine, run on gas or ethanol, or diesel. This would give us the 300 miles+ range we need, but for most of us who don't drive 50 miles a day we will NEVER be using that fuel! It will just be there in case we need it or have long trips.

The problem is that even this 50 mile range battery needs to be cheap, long lasting, safe, and powerful....