You could rent a car or use ZipCar for that 10% of the time when the electric car's range won't get the job done.

Lack of specifications is the only thing U.S. programmers have going for them. When there's no specs, the developers have to think and must understand the business requirements, which is difficult to outsource. If someone ever figures out how to automagically create detailed specs, then all our jobs are going overseas. No specs is fine with me.