Can Electric Cars Be Hurt By Bitter Electric-Car Advocates?

Every political or social movement has its cross to bear. Every trend has a stereotype from which to break free.
So it seems time to ask, is the public image of electric cars and other plug-in vehicles being damaged by those who maintain that a huge and evil global conspiracy exists against the EV?
We’re happy to see more and more interest in electric cars among the general public. But we also hear certain groups of existing EV owners getting shriller.
They seem awfully keen to keep alive a healthy mistrust of any mainstream automaker developing an electric vehicle.