Looks like GM's going to drop the ball yet again. They never learn. It'll be much like 1973, when the Mideast Oil Embargo hit and people were lining up at filling stations to get their 8 gallon unofficial rations.
Drivers demanded fuel efficient cars. What did GM offer them? The Chevrolet Vega and, later, Chevette. Ford wasn't winning many prizes with their Pinto, either. Toyota and Nissan were more than happy to step in. I remember the billboards, "Datsun saves - about a gallon a day." They gained a foothold in the US market that would otherwise have probably taken them decades to achieve. Look where we are now. The US is clearly spoiling for yet another fight in the Mideast, swaggering around and waving their six-guns at Iran. If they get the shooting war that they apparently want, it'll be interesting to see what happens to international fuel prices as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz gets increasingly hazardous. Toyota has calcified a lot since the early 1970s, and this time I expect that they'll end up in about the same place as Ford and GM. The smaller and more nimble automakers from China and India, and possibly Korea, will be the ones who shove them aside with available and affordable EVs. 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 Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
