Those are not equivalent comparisons. Those cars were toys and GM never wanted to build an EV they were forced to by the government. This is a new game just like the digital watch or digital cameras they took over.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 17, 2019, at 4:24 PM, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: >> Anyone who says "there's no stopping it" or "there's no going back" hasn't >> been paying attention to politics and business. :-( > > Amen to that. People were saying the same things back in 2000 at the peak of > the last EV boom cycle. But look at how fast EVs disappeared when the > political winds changed. > > Bob Rice also told about what happened when he and Bob Beaumont started > selling thousands of CitiCars in the 1970's EV boom. Their parts suppliers > got the message from the auto companies that "If you sell to those guys, > you're not selling to us!" This is why they had to use tires, batteries, > lights, etc. from trailer and boat manufacturers. > > Tesla builds great cars. But it's a young company, and they still have a lot > to learn. They are not yet profitable; so what happens if investors tire of > Musk's antics, and the company winds up in the hands of one of the big oil or > auto companies. Remember what happened to the nimh batteries when GM and > Chevron got hold of them? > > The future for EVs in the USA is *far* from certain! > > -- > Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all > our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, > and a sterner sense of justice than we do. -- Wendell Berry > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
