I think the drive behind these is not just a new way of driving but as a way to meet the coming emission standards. For a company like GM their standard is measured across the entire product line, so the more electrics they sell the more gas trucks they can sell.

Electrics will currently meet the needs of about 80% of the driving population. It will take years to get to that point, but it will get there.

Hilton is currently working on plans for electric charging at their hotels. The thought is you would fly to your destination, rent an electric car, and stay where you can charge it for free.

Somewhere in the past the first hotel offered a free breakfast. Now all the chains do so. Because they had to. It will be the same with chargers. Only low rent motels will not offer charging.

But times change and often people don't know they will like the change until they try it. Henry Ford was once asked about consumer research and he said that if he asked the average Model T buyer what they wanted they would answer a better horse.

If it makes anyone feel any batter F. Porsche was pushing this mode of propulsion back in the 1920s. But what killed electrics back then was the perception of them being a car for women.