I have been following your site for a while and although Im still driving a gas car I am a big enthusiasts of EV technology. I thought you may find this interesting. I was watching BCTV new a few days ago and they had a story about a guy here in Vancouver BC that had purchased the old electric truck from BC Hydro that was built 15 years ago as a promo of some kind. The interesting thing about this story is that this guy has come up with a technology that completely restores old batteries so they are like new again. He was able to refit this vehicle with completely restored (essentially free) batteries. He is also able to do it with small AA batteries as well. If this is the case that completely changes the economic picture for EV’s making them way cheaper. I haven’t been able to get more info on it yet but I believe the guy works out of Kwantlen college
http://www.kwantlen.ca/home.html you may want to look into this I will let you know if I get any more info
keep up the good work
Phil Belanger