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If you are on the search for an electric [battery operated] sports car, be prepared to shell out a tidy sum as the asking price for the "speedy" Wrightspeed X1 is well over $100,000. In this CNET article, Michael Kanellos highlights some of the advantages and challenges in the operation of the electric car. 'Electric cars are far superior to traditional gas cars in performance and fuel efficiency, asserts Ian Wright. The problem is the cost. "You can't make cheap electric cars. You can now make good ones, but not cheap ones," he said. "While everyone wants efficiency, no one wants to pay for it. It's like selling safety...You've got to offer your customers more than energy efficiency. As a result, Wright and his Burlingame, Calif., start-up, Wrightspeed, are taking a different tack than other electric car companies.'