Re: Who Killed the Electric Car?

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From: Jeff Liebermann
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:57

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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/>

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