Getting to Obama's Goal of 1 Million Electric Vehicles

I've said this many times before, but the problem with putting more electric vehicles on the road is not the technology, it's the infrastructure. We simply don't have enough places to plug them in. Right now the technology is at a point where you can go 100-200 miles on a charge that takes 8+ hours. The range needs to get much better, and the charge time much shorter before you attract anyone but early adopters.

We need charging stations in shopping malls, grocery stores, office buildings, and schools. And there would need to be an incentive for apartment owners and HOA's to install them in shared parking garages for residents who don't have the luxury of installing one in a private garage. We also need a battery swap program for people who don't have time to wait while their car charges up for several hours.