60km range, 120kph top speed, and
$50,000?. Absolutely not. Quadruple the range, bump the top speed to 135 kph, and chop the price in 3, then maybe I'd
consider buying it. These are the very reasons electric cars have not yet succeeded. For the amount of energy you get out of it, gasoline is still relatively cheap. You can go buy a brand new car for <$20,000, that will get 30 mpg. You can get a used one for half. Why would you drop $50,000 on a car with very limited range, uncertainty of getting places (if it is dead), and can't cruise with some of the faster traffic around here? Not gonna happen.
Personally, I drive 75 miles per day, four days per week, in a vehicle that gets 14.5 mpg. Smart? Not exactly, but look at the alternative. Yes, I'm spending $400 per month on gas, but it would cost me over 1.5x that to live closer to school. Say I got a vehicle that got twice the gas mileage, so I saved $200 per month. There's no way a person can pay for and insure a vehicle for only $200 per month. What's a person to do? It would take a VERY long time to get your money back to drop $50,000, or even $30,000 on a car, when you already have a car. Until gas is $10 per gallon or electric cars drop sub-$20k, the electric car will hardly get a second look.
I'm not terribly confident in the near future of hybrid technology either. GM next year will be releasing a hybrid (wait for it.....) Yukon. I mean seriously, what are they thinking? It costs like another $15,000+ over a regular Yukon, has a gigantic 6L engine still, and only gets another 5mpg. The point is?
At this point, there are only three options as I see it. 1. Eat the cost (bad for saving for retirement). 2. Don't drive. Yeah right. 3. Buy an old diesel Mercedes and visit the back door of your favorite restaurant when your tank gets low.
I like option 3.

But, most of us will be on option 1 for quite some time, because our lifestyles and locations, require us to drive, and we currently haven't the money to change our lifestyles or locations. I'd conjecture that most of the country has a fair amount of debt, and simply cannot move their home or purchase a different vehicle, because either of those still costs more than the rising price of gas.
On a related note, I'm finding it more and more difficult for people to start a career and make significant progress toward owning a home and retiring at a decent age in the US. Saving in this day and age is downright difficult when you have to spend over half of your yearly income just to put a roof over your head, and then you need to eat, and drive, and maybe pay for a kid too. What's left?