Yeah, we’ve been hearing it for years — but guys! They’re serious this time! Electric cars are coming soon to a driveway near you!

• Nissan recently unveiled an electric hatchback which will be available in the US and Japan next year and worldwide in 2012 (pictured below)
• Coda Automotive, which is focusing exclusively on electric vehicles, will start selling a sedan in California in 2010 (pictured below)
• Detroit Electric, a Chinese company with 100-year-old roots in the Motor City, has started to develop and manufacture electric cars in China
• Finally, Tesla Motors. My friend Nathan (who’s in the market for an electric car in 2010) said, “They’re the ones furthest along in actually making and selling a workable all-electric vehicle for profit.  They’ve done it.  Now, thanks to Fed money, they’re bringing their manufacturing to America. Also, they’ve got the coolest cars.”  It’s a car. Whether it’s electric or hybrid or gas, it’s supposed to make you feel good. (A Tesla electric roadster is pictured above.)

A big ol’ tip of the hat to Nathan.