Posted on 05/05/2014 6:39:33 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Four years have passed since President Obama visited Kansas City's main airport, rolled up his shirt sleeves and admonished the skeptics who said Smith Electric Vehicles was unlikely to make good on its promises to build 510 experimental electric-powered trucks and buses suitable for commercial use.
Come see whats going on at Smith Electric," the president said, inspecting a table full of bright green truck batteries in what was once a maintenance hangar for TWA. "I think theyre going to be hard-pressed to tell you that youre not better off than you would be if we hadnt made the investments in this plant.
The skeptics turned out to be right.
Despite $32 million in federal stimulus funds and status as one of Obama's favorite "green" companies, the firm has halted production, having built just 439 of the promised 510 vehicles.
It has also left a trail of broken promises and unpaid bills.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Full title: Another Obama-backed 'green' company, Smith Electric Vehicles, leaves trail of unpaid bills and broken promises
You must allocate the money to a bogus project before you can steal it.
Private industry will produce a product when it makes sense to do so.
So far only one electric car company is showing much success so far. Why? It’s vehicle looks good and actually has decent range as they are building out charging stations across the country. The other companies just don’t have that, and their cars aren’t as good.
So, they will fail.
Bump
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