Why Kill the electric car?

I remember vaguely hearing about the electric car years ago. But not until it was already coding and past the point of resuscitation. Seems like a great concept. Why was it not marketed better? It was never meant to take off, this is also why this car was never equipped to travel long distances. Road trip anyone? Not in the electric car because after 100 miles you would need to stop and recharge. What business is going to let one charge their battery without paying for the electricity used to charge it. It's hard to even get a free cup of water anymore! Maybe oil companies should have looked into electricity stations to "recharge". If any business has the funds to abruptly change the product their marketing it would be the oil companies. Change takes time and the electric car was definitely not given enough time to take off. Who knows, maybe resuscitation is possible after all.