To match Special Report AUTOS/RECHARGING
An electrical plug logo is pictured on the Mitshubishi iMiev electric car during the second media day of the 80th Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 3, 2010. Over the next couple of years, though, tens of thousands of electric cars will hit the laneways of Europe, the streets of the United States and the gleaming highways of Asia. These new battery-powered vehicles have much longer ranges than their predecessors -- up to 250 miles in the case of the Tesla Roadster, but mostly about 100 miles -- and are likely to be the first to sell in large numbers. Picture taken March 3, 2010. To match special report AUTOS/CHARGING/ REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)