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I want one enough that I am making my own. Primarily because no company is making a pickup truck version for a price I'm willing to spend. If I can convert my own for under $10k, they should be able to make something in the $20k area.
The batteries are the problem, but they are also over engineering these cars. If they take out the range extending gas motor and make it a car for driving around town (30-40 miles), a lot of people will be able to use it. If you are going to work and back and then to dinner and shopping at night, and sitting in a lot of traffic and red lights, it will be a lot better than using a gas engine to idle. They had it right with the EV1. Just make a car that will run on battery power, and will last 30-40 years (by using aluminum, stainless steel, carbon fiber and plastic). Too bad that they would be out of business once everyone owned one since they would need little servicing and if they got rid of the model year, and just made the same model for 5-10 years, it would reduce costs and make finding parts easy.
If they make nuclear/radiation batteries (safely) that get basically unlimited range using spent non-reactor grade fuel (but still radioactive enough to provide 144V-400V), you will see every car become electric, and you might even be able to power your house when it is at home too. Traffic will become a major problem and states will have to find another way to tax us. But the idea that you can drive anywhere, without having to worry about the fuel cost is pretty exciting.
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