I have little hope that I will see this technology in my lifetime. When I was growing up in the 80's Popular Science and other magazines had all the electric cars showing there... battery technology is so much more advanced now, yet longevity of the batteries is still the main issue along with price.
Isn't the cost of disposal higher for lithium than lead-acid? And lithium is relatively rare, although I will admit that we should have enough for 350 years at current production rates.
Also in the article, it's not mentioned how the company will get the electricity. I'm assuming since it's in Canada it's hydroelectric, but there are still a ton of coal plants in the US and people still don't like nuclear power plants.
