Why are governments not funding development of the electric car?

With all the press about the Tesla Electric sports car that costs over $100,000 and gets to 60 Miles per Hour (100 km/h) faster than incredibly expensive sports cars, the Made in Canada Zenn that costs under $20,000, and other electric cars like the Dynasty (about to be purchased and shipped lock, stock and barrel to India), the TRX and the CanAm Spyder....

And with the expected advances in battery technology like that purported to be coming soon from eestor, an "ultra-capacitor" company that will run your electric car for over 500 KMs (300 Miles) on a charge at highway speeds ....

And with the almost zero maintenance required for an electric car (when was the last time you had your washing machine's motor overhauled?)....

And with the environment first and foremost in everyone's minds....

Why are governments pouring billions of dollars into developing tar sands instead of developing non-polluting renewable technologies like solar panels and windmills to power electric cars that produce zero emission and no noise (yes - that's what Zenn stands for)?

In fact, why is it that the Canadian government seems to be doing whatever it can to stop advancement of the electric car industry in Canada by not investing in these industries, and by disallowing these cars on public roads (see the Economist articles to see what Transport Canada says about allowing LSVs on the road).

What is going on here??? What do we have to do to make this industry grow in Canada and other countries? What can we do to make non-polluting, inexpensive, electric cars available to us??