Mass adoption of electric vehicles over the next 10 years is almost a certainty.  Government targets of 6,000 electric vehicles by 2012 and 10% of the national fleet by 2020 have been set. However if we are to get electric cars into our driveways, certain basic issues still need to be addressed. These include convincing purchasers that the residual value of their electric car will not be markedly different from that of internal combustion engine cars, that there will be no delay in deploying reliable fast charging infrastructure and providing a reinforced national grid that can support the new demand peaks that mass adoption of electric vehicles will bring.

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