"Who Killed The Electric Car?"
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Re: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"
Originally Posted by williaea
There is no possibility that Toyota will buy GM. There is no way Toyota would willingly take on GM's pension and healthcare obligations or their 300 Billion in debt! Let's be realistic.
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Nobody thought Mercedes Benz would aquire Chrysler, or Kmart would buy Sears either. But, stranger things have happened.
There would also have to be an infrastructure built in this country to accommadate a quality built electric car. One was starting, but when the EV1 died, so did that.
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Re: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"
This would also be an interesting concept? How about a "Water powered Hybrid"?
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Re: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"
Originally Posted by hweldon
This would also be an interesting concept? How about a "Water powered Hybrid"?
http://www.clipshack.com/Clip.aspx?key=46C095E7331F9BD9
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http://www.clipshack.com/Clip.aspx?key=46C095E7331F9BD9
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http://www.theaircar.com/
How about a Hybrid: Water & Air
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Re: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"
Originally Posted by AZCivic
There's no reason to single GM out here. The almighty TOYOTA and HONDA are just as guilty when they quit making the RAV4 EV and Honda EV. Do not forget that.
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Re: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"
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Re: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"
Originally Posted by Archslater
Did Honda and Toyota also publicaly destroy their electric cars? I thought Rav4's were still around.
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Re: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"
http://www.darelldd.com/ev/
Lots on info here about EVs. This guy rocks when it comes to alternative energy/transport.
Cheers,
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Lots on info here about EVs. This guy rocks when it comes to alternative energy/transport.
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Re: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"
Originally Posted by gonavy
Then adding insult to injury, they sort of publicly shredded them all. I think 2 are left- one at GM and 1 (nonfunctional) at a U. Wisconsin? Had they simply mothballed them, life would probably be ok and the anger would've subsided.
There's one at the Henry Ford Museum, complete with charging station. Ironically, it's rather close to the steam car that I mentioned in my prior post in this thread.
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Re: "Who Killed The Electric Car?"
there was an interesting interview (Fresh Air? NPR?) with Lee Iacocca and several economists about exactly that back in Jan or Feb- would the gov't bail out GM a la Chrysler? The universal answer was no, at least no more than they helped the airlines after 9/11. The reason given by all was that, although a national asset in terms of mfg capacity, our economy is simply nowehere near as reliant on heavy manufacturing as it was in 1981. It would doubtless be a tragedy on a huge scale, but the loss of GM (which ain't gonna happen anyway) would be nowehere near as crippling as the loss of Chrysler 25 years ago. We have moved on, so to speak. GM is sooo 2nd Millenium, after all
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Who killed the electric car movie
For those of you who truely care about the issues of gas prices and hybrid technology this is a must see movie
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