The real problem is that no one is manufacturing an inexpensive, no frills, commuter electric car. One that goes 40 miles on a charge, drives like any other car in terms of acceleration, comfort, safety, and functionality, and costs under 15k brand new. This would not be the car to take the family on vacation, or 'the whole gang' to the big game. This would a small, simple, basic car that we'd use all the rest of the time; back and forth to work, to the grocery store, to all those other short-drive errands that we use our cars for nearly every day. A glorified mini-utility vehicle. Small, lightweight, and cheap. Something that we could plug in at home, use, and plug back in when we return because we rarely need to go more than 40 miles at any one time.
If someone would start producing this "model A" of modern electric cars, I think they'd sell millions of them. Why no one is doing it is a mystery. I guess the problem is that everyone wants to sell 10 cars for 100K each rather than 100 cars for 10K each. So they all want in at the high end of the market.
(I just saw a McClarin on my way home from the grocery store a little while ago, and the driver was not getting anywhere any faster than I was. Or than he would have been in a cheap electric commuter car.)