Zenn and the art of small, electric vehicles

Will smaller electric cars with limited speed and range catch on?

It might sound surprising, but all-electric vehicles are already on American roads. They just haven’t quite made it to the highway yet.

A growing cottage industry of Neighborhood Electric Vehicle manufacturers is spurring the development of cars like the Zenn, which has reached a state of vehicular enlightenment so advanced it doesn’t even need a tail pipe.