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Re: OT - GM electric cars
Hachiroku, the Top Posting fool, responded:
Well, this is an interesting subject. There were court battles, fights,
portests, demonstrations, people camped outside GM and the 'holding' are in
Arizona, all over a handful of cars.
GM never *sold* them, they leased them. At the end of the lease, GM decided
that maintenance, etc was too much for a car that could only go, at best 75
miles on a charge, so they decided to take them back and crush them.
But a lot of owners balked. A lot of them REALLY liked the car, for it's
styling, it's efficiency and even its 'performance'. (Remember, an electric
motor develops *ALL* it's tourqe from 0 RPM!)
They wanted to buy them; they would assume all costs, but GM wouldn't sell.
I don't remember if I surmised it myself or if I read it somewhere, but IIRC
the batteries had become a headache to GM with disposal or recycling. So, GM
said NO and that started a ruckus.
I think GM won the battle, IIRC, and the owners were ordered to give the
cars back, but I'm not sure n this point.
BTW, the car was the GM EV1
"Art" <begunaNOSPAMPLEASE@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> About a decade or so ago GM built and leased a few electric cars. Most
> were taken back by GM and crushed but a few are still out there under
> lease. Maybe it is time for GM to resurrect their electric cars?
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