[Specop_007]

Expletive deleted. GM. Click

[Novus]

The EV1 was just a legal PR stunt at a time when gas had fallen to under a dollar and GM could not even meet the demand for SUVs. There was a law on the books that said car makers could not exceed the propotional amount of cars to light trucks. By 1997 GM was selling SUVs from its 1999 quota. By building the EV1 GM was able to find a loophole to get through the SUV quotas. The EV1 also with help from lobyists convinced the Congress to allow the proportional law to expire. GM cleverly also arranged the the leases on the EV1 to expire after after the law went into Sunset.

Even though I feel sorry for the auto workers, at the end of day I am glad GM is going under. GM has been pulling stunts like this since the 1920s when they killed the steam powered car and in the 1930s when the muscled the electric street car companies out of business. GM is one of the most despicable companies to ever disgrace America.

[jimmyz]

Who killed the electric car

[Revi]

Your link doesn't work. My cousin was very involved in the making of this film. I think it was in the Cannes film festival. It may get some exposure. In my opinion the big car companies are the worst ones to develop an electric car. Leave it to Bombardier and other companies that know electric vehicles.

[skeptic]

Who killed the electric car

car not ca

Tip. Always check links after you've posted them.

[Revi]

My cousin directed and wrote it and it was at the Sundance film festival, not the Cannes. Here's another site that has info on it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/

[jaws]

Who killed the electric car? What do you think would have happened if 20 million commuters in California were to start plugging their cars into the state's patchwork electricity grid every night?

[mjdlight]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jaws', 'W')ho killed the electric car? What do you think would have happened if 20 million commuters in California were to start plugging their cars into the state's patchwork electricity grid every night?

[jaws]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mjdlight', 'G')rids can be upgraded though, once we get serious about that. It's a solvable problem.

Unlike peak oil.

[jimmyz]

no reason to do it now...unless production starts. 20 million people are not going to buy one all at once lol

[matt21811]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jaws', 'W')ho killed the electric car? What do you think would have happened if 20 million commuters in California were to start plugging their cars into the state's patchwork electricity grid every night?

[Pablo2079]

I'm sure you could set a delay and have it start charging at 10PM or something like that..... maybe utilities would bring back the offpeak electric rates to encourage that behaviour.

[clueless]

There will be no need for electric cars when US demand is cut by 35% due to a worthless dollar and depressed ecomomy caused by enourmous consumer and corporate debt.

I mean it's not as if it's never happened before, right ? That will free up 7 million barrels of oil per day.

[jimmyz]

decline will take care of your freed up 7 million barrels

[matt21811]

I think China will take care of that 7 million barrels before decline gets to it.

[aflurry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mjdlight', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jaws', 'W')ho killed the electric car? What do you think would have happened if 20 million commuters in California were to start plugging their cars into the state's patchwork electricity grid every night?

[jimmyz]

that just like the cost of gas. heavy drivers use more gas than others and the price goes up for everyone.

[cube]

*extreme eye rolls*

ohh no not another internet conspiracy video. Me thinks as we get closer to PO we're going to see alot more of these videos being produced.

This trailer is almost as entertaining as the "GM killed off passenger rail" in California. Rememebr that conspiracy theory?

[aflurry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jimmyz', 't')hat just like the cost of gas. heavy drivers use more gas than others and the price goes up for everyone.

[Zardoz]

Oh, come on, people, do a little basic research:

The EV-1: A dud from the start, and GM squashed it out of embarrassment

The cars got 55 to 95 miles (90 to 150 km) per charge on lead-acid batteries and 75 to 130 miles (120 to 210 km) on a charge with nickel-metal hydride batteries. Recharging took as much as eight hours for a full charge (although you could get an 80% charge in 40 minutes)...

...The price for the car used to compute lease payments was $33,995 to $43,995, which made for lease payments of $299 to over $574 per month...

It was a joke. When GM first introduced it most environmentalists said it was mistake, and that it would give ICE alternatives a bad name. They were right.