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Eeyore wrote:
> 
> Joerg wrote:
> 
>> Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>> On Sat, 17 May 2008 15:19:06 +0100, Eeyore
>>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> No-one has killed electric cars. They simply died of lack of interest,
>>>> practicality and high cost.
>>>> Graham
>>> In 1999, GM planned to produce only 465 EV1 cars.  There was a 1000+
>>> unofficial waiting list in case someone changed their mind or GM
>>> decided to increase production.  When GM refused to extend the leases,
>>> many EV-1 owners send GM lease payment checks anyway (which GM did not
>>> deposit).  When GM discontinued the EV-1 in 2003, the unofficial
>>> waiting list was over 2000+ names.  Lack of interest was never a
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> The first major problem was liability issues due to a fire started
>>> while charging in the Gen 1 models.  Some interesting reading from
>>> Phil Karn:
>>> <http://www.ka9q.net/ev/>
>>> <http://www.ka9q.net/ev/ev1fire.html>
>>> Leaky electrolyte from a failed capacitor in the charging port.
>>>
>>> GM setup the EV-1 to fail.  They were very surprised when it became
>>> quite popular and very much in demand, despite the high price, lousy
>>> GM support, and leasing requirements.
>>> <http://www.cleanup-gm.com/>
>>>
>> I wonder when car manufacturers (including European ones) will finally
>> wake up. Sometimes I wonder whether they'll wake up at all. A brief look
>> at Japan might help ...
> 
> Pure electric-only EVs aren't the answer. It'll be HEVs that most likely win
> the day.
> 

Hydrogen? Where's that going to be coming from?

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