  father of the prius declares electric cars not viable  after pouring billions of dollars into technology to promote electric vehicles on thursday the department of energy said the goverment is backing off president obama s vision of 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015 hybrid car pioneer and ldquo father of the prius rdquo takeshi uchiyamada thinks the technology that would make electric cars viable doesn t yet exist will the federal government ever learn read more  wwwbreitbartcom biggovernment 20130204 fatherofthepriusdeclareselectriccarsnotviable 