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Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars.

Electric cars aren't pollution-free; they have to get their energy from somewhere.

It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.

The hybrid engine costs a lot of money, and customers are hardly willing to spend so much more for a car.

We still see that people don't really realize that electric cars are here right now. And when we show up with an actual vehicle, and you see it drive away under its own power, it's still kind of a jaw-dropping moment for a lot of people.

There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient vehicles, we can't be the cutting edge for change.

You can't have thousands of cars without good computers on the electric grid.

Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.

Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem. The motor is much smaller, the battery is below you. This will allow you to play with different shapes.

Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.