Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks

Electricity isn't a fuel, it is a method of transmitting and storing energy. The electricity still has to be produced, which right now is still primarily by fossil fuel combustion. Running cars on electricity solves the city pollution problem but not the fossil fuel problem. Sure there are other methods of generating electricity, but none of them are perfect, and for right now fossil fuel is still the most cost effective. Battery technology and charging technology also needs to improve in leaps and bounds for this to be a vehicle technology for the masses, but you've got to start somewhere.