The electric car has never "failed", per se and contrary to what that Big Fat Idiot Michael Moore and people like him tell you, no one "killed" the electric car.
The driving range of around 40 miles has been with the electric car since its inception in the late 19th Century. Electric cars were limited by battery technology, which until recently was essentially lead-acid cells. If anyone "killed" the electric car, it was the PUBLIC which wanted a greater driving range than 40 miles.
I would suggest that before you start telling evryone about electric cars, about which some of you know absolutley NOTHING, you LEARN a bit from sites like these:
http://www.earlyelectric.com/
http://www.detroitelectric.org/
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/223/ele...-timeline.html
Google:
"Baker Electric".
Electric cars are cute but in one way or another, still rely primarily of fossil fuel-generated recharging.
Sally.*
*Sally knows a bit about cars; her Corvette is a '68, 427, 430 hp, six-pack, four-speed, air conditoned convertible, yellow with a black interior, which her father bought new, It is updated only with the factory improved radiator. Yes, Sally knows what it is worth but does not care.