This is good news
This is progress... Batteries are getting better everyday, charging times are coming down along with pricing. For instance with the Leaf - if you charge with the standard 120 volt charger, you get about 5 miles per hour added to battery life. If you have access to a DC fast charging station, you can get a full charge in 40 minutes or so.
So, is this good enough for mass adoption right now..not quite, but it is getting there rapidly. Since we are not there yet, that is why we have the hybrid electric vehicles (which the electric batter can cover most short trips and for the longer/necessary quick refills, there ICE will operate) to allow for time to improve upon technologies.
We are used to convenience of current automobile standards and it will take some time for the electric battery/vehicle to reach parity in many cases.
