Energy Companies and Electric Cars

I was reading the new issue of Wired magazine and thought it was quite interesting about the approach taken when thinking about the electric car. The car is the end component in the equation, it is the consumer, but the infrastructure also has to be taken into account. All those gas stations with large tanks laying underneath the ground are basically waiting to die, hooked up to the oil companies like an I.V.
The first utilities company to colloborate with an electric car company here in the U.S. will make millions of dollars. The Utility companies are the ones capable or updating their current infrastructure to fuel these new vehicles. They could then potentially charge less or equal to what gas costs but do it all just by increasing output of their power plants. No more Exxon dependancey, instead Xcel or my personal favorite FPL could take a little slice of the oil pie. Cushman motors here in Minneapolis sells the Zenn electric car, maybe they could hook up like a couple real world members and get this ball rolling eh?
A nation powered by power plants from our lights to our cars , all it takes it an update to "NEW AGE" infrastructure. It will happen some day just you watch Mr Heinlein. I mean just look at how fast they can build a interstate bridge these day, jeez louise.

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