The CL&P Blog has covered electric cars frequently, asking the questions whether they are cost-effective and otherwise beneficial to consumers and the environment. Go, for instance, here, here, here, here, and here. For a new and generally optimistic account of the future of the electric car from both an economic and environmental perspective, see "Five myths about electric cars" by Chris Paine, the director of the 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
Go here or click on the embedded video below to watch the trailer for that film.