I really hope his dream comes true but I think cheap Pure EV for the masses are a long way off.
Same for Fuel-Cell-V, its just way too expensive to get reliable cars that can be driven all day/night long, Parked less then 5 hours and do the same thing the next day (would need to get to less than 25K to hit the mass market IMO).
100 Miles is nothing when your trying to shop and get stuff done.
3-5 dollar gas is going to be around a very long time as well IMO.