There are a few major problems with electric vehicles. Currently they are pricey, the batteries weigh a ton because we need to put so many of them in since they don't hold much power, they take too long to recharge, eventually the batteries die and it costs too much to replace them, and even if you get past all that they still in general can't compete with the power or distance a gasoline vehicle provides. I'm sure there are more problems but they aren't coming to the top of my mind right now. Regardless, we will eventually all be driving EV's, so all of these problems need to be solved one way or another. That being said, some incredibly smart people over at MIT are working on the recharge issue.
""He said it's like "a chicken or the egg scenario" and wondered whether a charging infrastructure or the rapid recharge car should be built first. "We feel that right now it's easier to build a car that can do it rather than set up an infrastructure," he said.""
Their goal is to be able to completely recharge the car in 10 mins. Still a bit slower than filling up your gas tank, but that's a huge leap from the 2-12 hour time it takes with the existing technology. Now they just need to figure out how to do it with less than 7000 batteries!
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