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I must say, however, that only one of six automakers sold its electric vehicles (EVs) before 2002, and four never offered any for sale to individual consumers. The Ford Ranger EV, a converted gas vehicle, sold poorly at $40,000 a pop (the gas Ranger was priced at half that.) In 2002, Toyota sold all 300-odd RAV4 EVs offered in half the expected time.

Nissan never even offered its lithium-battery Altra EV for closed-end individual leasing. ]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:16:07 -0500
I must say, however, that only one of six automakers sold its electric vehicles (EVs) before 2002, and four never offered any for sale to individual consumers. The Ford Ranger EV, a converted gas vehicle, sold poorly at $40,000 a pop (the gas Ranger was priced at half that.) In 2002, Toyota sold all 300-odd RAV4 EVs offered in half the expected time.

Nissan never even offered its lithium-battery Altra EV for closed-end individual leasing. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/56146/comments?source=feed#comment-104382 104382 Exactly ten years later, I rented and drove an EV1; that really impressed me. By then, Smith was long gone, and within two years, GM was suing to avoid mass-producing the EV1.
I don't know whether GM's gas vehicles (or loans) are better or worse than other OEMs. GM built an excellent, fast and well-appointed electric vehicle (EV,) then refused to sell it to the demonstrated (niche) market for zero emission vehicles. I fought that decision right through the final crushing of a thousand EV1s.
The Volt plug-in hybrid will sell, but a reborn EV1 (with lithium batteries) would do 0-60 mph in six seconds, 200 miles per 3-hour charge and millions in sales.]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:56:37 -0500 Exactly ten years later, I rented and drove an EV1; that really impressed me. By then, Smith was long gone, and within two years, GM was suing to avoid mass-producing the EV1.
I don't know whether GM's gas vehicles (or loans) are better or worse than other OEMs. GM built an excellent, fast and well-appointed electric vehicle (EV,) then refused to sell it to the demonstrated (niche) market for zero emission vehicles. I fought that decision right through the final crushing of a thousand EV1s.
The Volt plug-in hybrid will sell, but a reborn EV1 (with lithium batteries) would do 0-60 mph in six seconds, 200 miles per 3-hour charge and millions in sales.]]>