Ever since I gave up on my dream of a flying car, I've been waiting for the next best thing: an electric one. Sure, it lacks the sexiness of a my Jetsons-fueled childhood fantasy. But on the other hand, I don't have to learn to fly and my kids may actually inherit a planet that's livable -- so it's a trade off I can live with. Now, given the push to alternative energy by the Obama administration and the stimulus funds behind it, that dream inches ever closer to reality, right here in my o
