I'm not a liberal, but I do feel good about extremely hard accelerating cars. Long extension cords don't matter to me as I do very little cross-country driving. Presently, I gas up every three or four weeks but if I had a quick electric car I'll admit that I might do more spirited driving, and do it more often.
Not everyone uses power from a coal fired plant. It's mostly hydro-electric where I live. But taking the average that includes coal, oil, natural gas etc. the average electric car contributes less than a gasoline car for every 100 miles. I didn't think that most people on a forum like this were really worried about emissions.
There's no reason for the battery to end up in a land fill, they have value and it would be like throwing out a wallet that still had money in it. If it was dumped, having no heavy metals or toxic materials the Tesla energy storage system can legally be put there but Tesla already has extensive re-use plans for the batteries.
http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/mythbusters-part-3-recycling-our-non-toxic-battery-packs
There are two daily drivers in my household (used to be more but the kids moved away). One has a V-8, the other is a 6 cylinder/hybrid. The V8 car is smaller and lighter and fun to drive. The hybrid (my wife's) is heavier, gets better mileage and accelerates significantly harder. She would beat me in a stop light race.
If it were to be possible to add electric motors to my road runner, say electric wheel hubs like this
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/17/proteans-in-wheel-electric-motors-coming-to-market-in-2014/ then I'd certainly look into it. I'm not looking to start engineering something new, but if there was a kit that included the motors, batteries and controllers and didn't cost the moon, I'd be up for it. At least it would be an alternative to a $16,000 hemi, and I'd have all four wheels scooting the car along. But I don't think it's going to happen for quite awhile, if ever.
I still want to see a rematch where the Challenger has a good driver and decent traction!
