> It was made by someone who used to own one of the GM "EV-1" cars My understanding is that GM owned those vehicles. They were leased to the customer @ a great loss.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT - Prius Fuel Economy > On Nov 24, 2006, at 8:52, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> This is a new technology vehicle. The technology is not yet well >> understood by the service industry and the people conjecturing about >> it on web pages and in the industry press. I expect that >> understanding to change as the benefits *and* fallabilities of the >> drive system become better known, the problems it might have advance >> from myth to commonsense, and as the volume of vehicles in use built >> around it increases. I do expect that we'll see a lot more of it as >> time goes on as I feel the benefits are substantial. >> > > All this discussion about batteries and new technology cars reminds > me to share information about an interesting movie I watched a few > days ago: "Who Killed The Electric Car?" > > It was made by someone who used to own one of the GM "EV-1" cars, and > it clearly has a bias.... BUT - it is still quite interesting to see > the story about how electric cars were rolled out in California and > then slowly killed off (removed from the road and destroyed). > > Some sad/funny/interesting stuff in that movie. Those of you in the > U.S. who have Netflix, I recommend adding it to your queue! > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
