Danny wrote:
> Stanford Rally 2002. > Noticeably absent this year where all the major manufactures who had > appeared with their EV's in the few recent previous years. No Honda > no Nissan no GM no Toyota (except the Rav4) and no Ford. Is it me or > did most auto makers kill off their unborn EV's finally. Oddly to > Toyota's credit they offer the only real manufactured EV for sale but > only a few private owners provided any for the public to see. Toyota smartly addressed two issues that prior manufactured EVs didn't. They offered a "family-type" vehicle in the form of an SUV, and utilizing the NiMH pack, they offered the range that was not restrictive to the vast majority of potential purchasers. Vince
