Read here. The Obama administration has been pushing for manufacturers to produce more electric autos while providing ludicrously high subsidies to get consumers to buy them.(The UK is pursuing this brilliant strategy also.)
Now comes the news that replacement batteries may be needed in as little as 3 years of use and costs are going to be double the original estimate. For the world's most popular electric auto the Nissan Leaf, the cost of replacement is expected to be $31,000 or more.
Knowing that future cost, one should instead buy an inexpensive Korean auto, that will get decent gas mileage, plus save carloads of money on costly (skyrocketing?) electric charging and replacement costs of batteries, with enough left over in the end to buy a new, more efficient Korean car every three years in the process.
Previous electric-auto postings.