Electric Cars, anyone?

Check out this article from Gizmodo about early attempts by Thomas Edison and Henry Ford to produce and market electric cars.

I find it interesting that the problem they had nearly 100 years ago is the same problem we are seeing today: batteries.  I know the debate over switching to electric cars has pros and cons, and being that I don't know much about how electric car batteries work, this whole thing is arguable, but it's interesting that we still haven't been able to get the power to weight/size ratio down.  Hopefully soon, because I like the idea of driving a smooth, quiet, efficient car, even if it was charged off a fossil fuel source that is actually less efficient than an internal combustion engine.