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GM Pulls Plug on Electric Car

Posted by michael on from the plug-pulling-headline-irresistable dept.

davebo writes "General Motors' EV1, the all-electric dynamo of a car, has been pulled from the market. You can read the letter GM sent out to current EV1 drivers here. When the EV1 came out, the chairman of GM said it would "define the GM of the future". Guess he'd like to take that back now . . ." With Ford also cancelling their electric vehicle program, looks like hybrids are it for the next few years.

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  1. Re:One word: by freestyle-fiend · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you want nuclear power stations, then prepare for weapons inspections. The reason that nuclear power is popular (despite the danger and unsustainable waste production) is that it is useful for making weapons. That is also why the US government doesn't want 'rogue states' using nuclear power stations, and why I don't want the US using nuclear power stations.

    Perhaps alcohol powered cars is the solution (until fusion power becomes efficient).

  2. Re:Makes sense... by grumpygrodyguy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually he just realized that there is no future for alternative energy.

    The replicans will just nuke whoever they want to get the oil they need.

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    The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky