It's not like GM does not know how to introduce a new car... When Tesla would claim that they need to roll out slow because they did not yet have a service center in several states, then I can understand that. When GM would claim they need to slow-roll (after first planning and announcing a nation wide roll-out) just days after an election result that will favor killing CARB mandates, I have to wonder what the agenda is and definitely the fact that they are already selling the Volt and now rolling out the Bolt, there should be no logistical or major training/service issues to deal with, those have already been overcome with the Volt product line.
There really is only one reason that seems to stick and it is ugly... Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: Peri Hartman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 9:09 AM To: Cor van de Water; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re[2]: [EVDL] GM Killed The (Bolt) Electric Car : GM only sellingBolt in CA&OR ... It does seem to be more than a coincidence. But part of the reason could be the realization of an enormously challenging rollout. After all, they are trying to do what Tesla is doing in about a third the time. Not only that, but there are 13 states plus DC which have adopted CARB. Unless the EPA is significantly overruled, I don't think GM cannot ignore that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_emission_standards Peri ------ Original Message ------ From: "Cor van de Water via EV" <[email protected]> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: 20-Nov-16 8:50:14 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] GM Killed The (Bolt) Electric Car : GM only sellingBolt in CA&OR ... >Mark, > >I share the hope. >But I am also wondering why GM suddenly changed their roll-out strategy >significantly (reducing it and making it much more non-committal) just >days after the surprising outcome of the elections. Hard to believe >that >is a coincidence. >And that coupled to the automaker lobbying efforts already under way to >abolish the CARB mandates - where did we hear that before? > >Cor van de Water >Chief Scientist >Proxim Wireless > >office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water >XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info > >http://www.proxim.com > >This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential >and >proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you >received >this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any >unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of >this message is prohibited. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark >Abramowitz >via EV >Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 12:33 AM >To: EVDL Administrator >Cc: Electric Vehicle Discussion List >Subject: Re: [EVDL] GM Killed The (Bolt) Electric Car : GM only >sellingBolt in CA&OR ... > >I hope and that that you are wrong in thinking it possible that EVs >could become unavailable. >I expect a strong and vigorous market. >I'm also hopeful that a surging EV market will mean that EV conversions >will grow along with the main EV market. > >Sent from AltaMail > > > From: EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> To: Electric >Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] GM >Killed The (Bolt) Electric Car : GM only selling Bolt in CA&OR ... >Date: 11/20/16, 12:00 AM > > >History tells us that -- for better and/or worse -- what governments do > >makes a big difference in whether EVs advance or retreat. > >Bruce is 100% correct that GM's specific history predicts their current >and >future involvement with EVs. As I said a couple of weeks ago, I'm >still > >waiting for that Chevette EV that GM promised in 1978. I guess I'll be > >waiting a lot longer. > >(Disclosure: That's a rhetorical statement. Personally, I wouldn't buy >any >GM vehicle at any price under any circumstances. Also, having known >someone >who owned a 1980 Chevette: yikes, noooooooooo ....... ) > >All that said, unless the state or fed legislators make it illegal, the >sure >way to drive electric is and probably aways will be to build your own. > >Normally that would entail converting an ICEV. > >I think I can safely say that EV conversion has been the EVDL's largest >and >most critical mission since it was first launched at sjsu.edu 25 years >ago. >If and when no automaker will sell you an EV here in the US, or you >can't >get the type of vehicle you need with a motor under the hood, drop on >by >the >EVDL. 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