Electric Cars

I've been doing a little reading about electric cars lately. The two that caught my attention were the Zenn and Tesla Roadster.

The Zenn is under $20,000, produced by a company in Quebec and has been approved for sale in Canada by the federal government. (Note: Provincial governments are responsible for licensing and registering vehicles). The top speed of the Zenn is 40km/h (25mph) and is designed for city driving. I live about 25km outside the city, so this vehicle would be useless to me.

The Roadster is produced in the US and to my knowledge has not not been approved to sell in the Canadian market. It's base price is $109,000. The Roadster goes from 0-60 under 4 seconds and has a top speed of 125 mph.

Now if only someone would produce a practicle vehicle, priced for the average person / family that had reasonable performance and was designed for highway as well as city driving. If they did, there would be a market for it, guaranteed.