Re: Who Killed the Electric Car?

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From: Joerg
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 18:43

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Richard Henry 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.
> 

And the result is that they now produce a lot of Silverados 1/2-tons 
that nobody wants to buy. Deju vu :-(

-- 
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