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From: e@t.me
"pcourterelle" wrote in message
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> "penny" wrote in message
> news:jfrri21lgq6o808bei8844t1vqbjpadefa@4ax.com...
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>> Who killed the electric car -- a crime of mammoth proportions with
>> consequences for our environment.
>>
>> Electric cars produce zero emissions and therefore don't contribute to
>> the global warming disaster. They were a key invention in dealing
>> with global warming. Yet they have disappeared from the market
>> place.
>>
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> ABarlow and Chom have patiently explained why the electric car is neither
> an environmentally friendly option for reducing green-house gases as you
> claim nor as commercially vialble alternatives as you my think...I'll only
> add that movies and popular culture are rarely good sources for serious
> research or thought...there are exceptions of course but this is not one
> of them...
I don't doubt the EV1 was a good car with the right application. They had a
range of 90 - 160 km (depending on model) and would have been useful for
short commutes or city living, but that eight-hour recharge cycle would have
been very restricting otherwise. You wouldn't buy one to drive across
Canada or even the next city. The problem is no company is going to spend
$80,000 to produce an all-electric car that sells for $40,000 which can't
compete with the performance of a $20,000 conventional auto. You'd go broke
very quick. GM probably could have done a better job marketing the car, but
considering auto manufacturing is a highly-competitive industry, you don't
want to tie up a lot of resources on things that don't make money. The
shareholders really don't like that. ;)
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