More like back to the future . Electric cars are not actually anything new , remarkably enough . [detroitelectric.org]. My father is an old car enthusiast , and I have gone on vacation with him to the Henry Ford Museum \ Greenfield Village , where I have seen such automobiles first hand .

EVs while an amazing technology are not 100% yet for all climates. I am excited for them to continue to improve, particularly the battery technology. But they don't work particularly well in my country yet. They hate the cold climate and until the distance between places can be an issue as well for them. A massive amount of infrastructure is still needed to close the gaps.
That being said it will be interesting to get to the point they are practical everywhere.

Also China is pumping tons of money into them. There's a line being introduced on the West Coast this coming year..

This was from 2010? He said 50% by 2016. They're only getting better, exponentially.