Maybe the title should read “why aren’t we flying around in jet packs yet?” but I’m cutting humanity some slack here. One of the major considerations for this trip is fuel cost – and I spent some time last night looking at electric vehicles and the current state of technology, which seems to have stalled some time ago.
It’s 2007 – where is my all-electric van? Or even a solar powered van. And yes, I say “van”, not a giant ultralightweight soapbox that can only transport a stuffed teddy bear down a hill.
Maybe I’ll rent “Who Killed the Electric Car?” to get some answers, but I fear it will make me into a crazy conspiracy theorist, pointy aluminum hat and all.
You can’t tell me that this is the best we can do:
That’s the Eliica. It looks like it was designed by Homer Simpson. Scratch that – it makes the Simpson mobile look like an Aston Martin.
Is that really the best we can do?