Originally Posted by CoolMikey

Yea, but that's when driven in perfect weather, like a granny and downhill on top of that. In more realistic conditions you are looking at probably half that.

And that's when the car is brand new, few years in and the battery will hold fraction of the charge. Just look how quickly your cellphone batteries (which use pretty much the same li-ion technology) depreciate. Then you are kinda fucked, either you replace the batteries which will cost an arm and a leg, or hope you can offload your <100 mile range car to some idiot.

So it might be usable for getting to and from work, but not exactly a replacement for gas powered cars just yet.