[Vision2020] who killed the electric car?

[Kai Eiselein, editor]

NPR had a segment on this last summer. as well.
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[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of Bill London
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  A decade ago, California decided to get serious about smog and required
car manufacturers to create zero-emission cars.  The auto makers did build
electric cars for sale in that state.  Then by creatively undermining public
support for the cars and reversing the state mandate, they killed the
electric car.  Literally.  Even though hundreds of customers begged the
companies to sell them an electric car, the auto makers refused (the cars
were only leased, not sold).  And then the leases were ended, and the cars
were actually crushed and recycled.

  Though it sounds like a paranoid fantasy, it's all there in the recent
documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car?"  I saw it on DVD.  It is a great
summary and a strong indictment of the short-sighted oil/auto industry that
could only see that big cars equal big profits.

  GM and Ford are now suffering big time with diving stock prices and huge
losses.  And all I can think is those dinosaurs deserve it.

  For more info, and links to the DVD, etc see:
http://www.pluginamerica.com/
  BL


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