Shai Agassi says Gulf spill makes it ever more obvious oil costs too high for powering cars . He says countries like Japan , China , Israel committing to some electric cars . For example , his company has electric taxi project in Japan to show what 's possible , he says . Comment:
Shai Agassi says Gulf spill makes it ever more obvious oil costs too high for powering cars . He says countries like Japan , China , Israel committing to some electric cars . For example , his company has electric taxi project in Japan to show what 's possible , he says . He says as countries realize benefits to global economy , more will adopt electric car technology .