Zacs...battery technology at present is entirely insufficient for anything much more than milk floats....that will change of course, but it will have to change considerably for all-electric cars to be a success.
I filled my car up with diesel this morning, and I could drive all the way to Lands End and there would still be fuel left to make it at least half-way back home. If I did need to recharge my fuel tank, it would take about 5 mins, and then I would be on my way again.
There is then the issue of power generation. We are running the great risk at the moment of coming home one winters afternoon, stitching the lights on and nothing happening. If we are going to recharge millions of cars, let alone commercial vehicles all night, where is the extra generating power going to come from. Also, as our railways are being converted to electric, there is the problem of even more extra power generation.
There is also the issue of how most people are going to recharge their cars every night. What if you lived in a flat, or a house directly on the street ? Dangle a 100 foot extension cable out the window ?
As regards the supposedly "free" fuel, in the form of Hydrogen.....how is all this Hydrogen going to be generated without using electricity ?