By Riley Gutiérrez McDermid The poaching of a top Ford executive is a new salvo in the automaker wars. Interest in the race to bring electric vehicles to the masses has seen more momentum behind it in the last six months than ever before. Spurred on by consumers frustrated by skyrocketing gas prices, automakers have kicked their electric vehicle plans into high gear. That has lead to a rash of announcements about new products, new timelines and, above all, the new tech behind each company’s plan to dominate and increasingly popular sector. While currently only about 4% of the global car market…