Re: Who Killed the Electric Car?

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From: JosephKK
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 00:38

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On Fri, 16 May 2008 11:11:04 -0700 (PDT), Richard Henry
<pomerado@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On May 16, 5:54�am, "David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just saw the movie Who Killed the Electric Car?:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/
>>
>> Fantastic!
>> Everyone should watch this one.
>> The IMDB user comment is spot on - " This film WILL frustrate you greatly"
>> In fact, it's enough to make you want to cry.
>>
>> Can't believe I had never heard of the movie before the other day.
>>
>> Dave.
>
>The EV-1 is GM's Edsel.  Except that it worked and they couldn't make
>enough to satisfy demand.
>
>Beancounters killed it.  And they took away a marketing advantage GM
>could still be milking.

Not the bean counters, the "executives".

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