dpro0102

Impact of GM Destroying the EV1

If you really did watch the documentary - you'd note that Honda, Toyota, and Ford also crushed their Electric cars. One landfill documentary even caught Honda's getting crushed with their window stickers still in place (but the batteries were removed). GM made the biggest gamble - and they lost the most. Fact is that America wasn't interested. Unless you think that Honda and Toyota just mindlessly followed GM's lead - and abondoned the EV when they really shouldn't have. All are driven by profits, and the EV vehicles were not going to generate any. I know that when the media looks for a punching bag - GM is the first choice. Maybe take a breath - do a little more research - and realize that your article shouldn't single out GM. It's easy to make this argument in the beckdrop of $4.00+ Gasoline. But face it - when it was $1.25/gallon - it didn't make sense. CARB could have and shold have stayed the course. GM, Honda and Ford don't profit from gasoline - oil companies do. Times have changed. Government had their chance to help force the change - but when the pocketbook economics don't make sense at the kithchen table level - we don't buy into them. I don't have a lot of faith that a $40,000 small electric car will strike a cord all that quickly with mainstream Americans......