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taj7575 (August 23, 2008 at 7:30 pm)
Yes, but atleast companies like toyota have learned their mistakes and are making a plug-in Prius. GM is just making a weak electric car.
ivanbunny25 (August 14, 2008 at 7:30 am)
This is such a beautiful car, and it is a tradgety that GM and the oil companies killed this future. This was a mass produced and sucessful ALL ELECTRIC car. Those bastards should be shot for killing it.
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liveoilfree (July 30, 2008 at 11:38 pm)
The patent got Chevron $30M from Toyota, and shamed Toyota.
liveoilfree (July 30, 2008 at 11:37 pm)
The Tesla is based on the T-zero, which was created by the same folks who were kicked off the EV1 program. They went to Lithium since they could not get good lead-acid batteries (after JCI bought optima), and because NiMH won't put out the power (800A).
liveoilfree (July 30, 2008 at 11:35 pm)
You're just repeating Bob Lutz' lies. No one knows what it would have cost GM to make the EV1, if GM had been honest; by lying about the EV1, GM's figures are UNTRUSTWORTHY.
liveoilfree (July 30, 2008 at 11:33 pm)
Because GM is not serious about the VOLT, it's just a lie.
liveoilfree (July 30, 2008 at 11:33 pm)
The battery pack cannot be purchased at ANY price, since GM sold control to Chevron's cobasys unit and sued Toyota, which then stopped production of the EV-95 batteries.
liveoilfree (July 30, 2008 at 11:32 pm)
Toyota-Panasonic ("PEVE") made the batteries; PEVE is now owned only by Toyota.
The program was cancelled for reasons that are complicated; Toyota got membership in the Auto Alliance. Before 1999, Toyota was excluded. The EV was not formally killed until after Chevron's lawsuit was filed.
taj7575 (July 30, 2008 at 12:35 am)
Oh, ok. Gotcha |