Markey, Dorgan call electric cars a political sweet spot in split Congress - The Hill's E2-Wire

Two senior Democrats say that expanded support for deployment of electric vehicles is an area ripe for bipartisan support in the divided Congress over the next two years.

“Of all the things that I think we can pull out of the bubbling, boiling cauldron of controversy that could be the Congress over the next two years, I think that this could be at the top of the list,” said Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. “I think this is something we could work with in a non-ideological way.”
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“I think you could start to see just basic, fundamental economics of the electric [vehicle] overtake the internal combustion engine in the 2015-2016 timeframe, then it is just a matter of the replacement cycle of the vehicles that we have as they wear out,” said FedEx CEO Frederick Smith at the event Monday.