General Motors killed the Electric Car
By
Atom Dude
on February 26, 2007
Bastards! They could have been the world's most innovative car company, selling the sleekest, fastest, cleanest, and most reliable car on the road. Instead they killed the electric car and gave us the Hummer.
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Switching energy sources for cars is an extremely complex process when you consider that you need to change the supply chains of an entire industry. I’m not saying that it can’t be or shoudn’t be done, I’m just saying that it is a complex, costly and slow process.
So, high adaption cost 'killed' the electric car and GM was smart enough to suspend theirs; once oil gets more scarce and therefore more expensive, electricity will be cheaper than oil and energy providers will begin to equip gas stations with the required plugs and build infrastructure.
Besides, this - just as most things - isn’t a political issue. ;)
well, they killed *their* electric car.
and they have made it harder for anyone else to revive it.
but that's because the US Patent system is bunk.
I thought it was the Stonecutters.