I just bought a Nissan Leaf+ (love it BTW) and had the same thoughts. I've been following battery technology for at least twenty years. Even invested in a coupl

I just bought a Nissan Leaf+ (love it BTW) and had the same thoughts. I've been following battery technology for at least twenty years. Even invested in a couple of companies. Yes, battery technology continues to improve. Yes, in a few years the range on my new car might seem limited, compared to what's on the market then. But the most important thing is: It's already enough. My nominal range is 215 miles. That's enough to drive around town all week - this car's typical usage pattern - before I have to recharge, and of course I can do that more often if I need to. It's enough to get from here to the ski club we're members of, which we'll probably never even do unless my wife's car breaks down. And that's the key: this is a second car. It doesn't need more range. Maybe in a few more years, if/when battery technology has improved even more, we'll be able to replace my wife's car with one that will get to the club and back without recharging. Maybe when chargers are more ubiquitous, it'll be reasonable to go all the way from eastern Massachusetts to the middle of New York (where my daughter is likely to attend college) in an electric car. Maybe even all the way to Michigan, where I have family. But that's all in the future. In the here-and-now, all of my trips are already emissions free and much cheaper than if I were using gas. Good enough. It's a lot like buying a computer; anything you buy today will be worse than what you could buy in a year, but you can still make better or worse purchases based on technology and price cycles. No reason to make the perfect the enemy of the good.