Financial Times: Dale Brooks’ garage houses a vehicle that is testament to stalled innovation. His 1980, white Jet Electrica, with 21 batteries under the hood, was made for the US Department of Energy. Black lettering on the car’s side notes that this was an “electric vehicle demonstration project”. The car, made from a gutted Dodge Omni, can travel up to 70 miles per hour for 70 miles before recharging. It was never mass-produced. Instead, Mr Brooks, president of the Houston Electric Auto …