"should' being the key word. There have been dozens of failed Electric car and electric motorcycle startups in the last 5 years alone. As far as I know, Tesla is the only startup to actually make a viable production car. Zero and Brammo are the only ones to make a viable production electric motorcycle and Brammo was just sold to Polaris because of money troubles. Every once in a while, companies come along with a prototype and a dream (Mission Motors, for example). But few ever make it far enough to put anything into production. It's considerably more expensive than a software startup, for example.
i personally know one of the first people that brought electric cars to your country (im assuming USA, sorry if im wrong!) and i know for a fact he was sunk by your oil companies on purpose and they threw the idea away. in his case, it certainly wasnt anything to do with a lack of market or bad business decision, big corporations ruined him on purpose.
You're dead, gorgak, but I'll respond anyway because it's a point I think needs addressing. I don't think the oil companies single out electric car companies for failure (at least not anymore... Nissan and Tesla have broken that seal), but I do know the car manufacturers do. One of the biggest reasons electric car and motorcycle companies fail is they underestimate the cost of homologation[0]. Those regulations were lobbied for by the car companies to make sure they weren't seriously threatened by any new competition, electric or otherwise. There's a reason the only new american car startups that make it to production are three wheeled designs. Three wheelers are exempt from most of the ridiculous legislation.
