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And you mean like “Who killed the electric car?”

This is a subject that comes up from time to time and every time I hear anyone mention this silly video, I feel compelled to comment. There is so much misinformation on this topic.

In the words of Bob Lutz: "...no one killed the electric car, it was DOA".

If GM killed the car why didn't Honda or any of the Japanese manufacturers take the ball and run? It seems if as they missed out on an opportunity.

The EV1 didn't go into production because battery technology wasn't ready for it. GM only built 1100 EV1s and they were leased to customers at incredibly cheap prices as part of an experiment. So those who wined that GM took the cars back were told that from the beginning that this was a limited lease. GM would have needed to charge $80K for a 2-Seater electric when gas was much cheaper. They would have lost a fortune if they had tried to put the EV1 into production at that time. Also the EV1 did not pass Dept of Transportation Crash Tests and the Feds would NOT ALLOW it to go into production.

Of course none of these facts get into that stupid video. It's nothing more than pure left wing propaganda and if you believe the thrust of that video you are a major league fool.