Is anyone in the least surprised by this? Asia and the EU continue to adopt EVs. There are even some smaller areas that seek to convert to a 100% EV fleet. The US automakers are essentially saying "No thanks, we don't want to sell cars there." Their loss.
I've said this before, but it bears repeating. When the oil shortages of the mid-1970s hit, Detroit was caught flat-footed. Their best efforts at high-efficiency ICEVs were the Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Vega. If you're too young to recall them, look them up on Wikipedia and have a good chuckle. Nissan and Toyota, however, had lots of good, small, efficient cars to sell. Their dealers were charging hundreds of dollars in "additional dealer markup" and still the cars kept flying off the lots. Meanwhile, 13 mpg Detroit iron languished in the murky sunshine. It will happen again. They just don't learn. As for who voted for whom, and whether anyone is to blame, that's off topic and none of anyone's business to boot. That's why we have secret ballots in the US, one of the things that ... uh ... make our country great. :-\ David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
