VPG was another government debacle. they received $50 MILLION from the Dept. of Energy to try to build an accessible mass transit/paratransit vehicle to eventually run on CNG. They really tried to get this thing out there without doing much market exploration. Their premise was it was going to be better than a 'modified' minivan because it was designed and built from the ground up. They gave a bunch away to places like the Rehab Institute of Chicago, etc. It really was a junkbox. One air bag, no passenger seat, road like a lumber wagon, heat/AC was awful and built like garbage. The President of VGM is now working for a Bus Co. and these guys will never be back and somebody's pockets are much fuller as a result. For the money that was given to VGM, all of us could have new vans and live in new accessible homes!!
________________________________ From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 3:31:12 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] mv-1 mobilty vehicle is no more Vehicle Production Group (VPG), producer of the MV-1, in recent news. ron ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 9:20:04 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] mv-1 mobilty vehicle is no more who's VPG? Best Wishes In a message dated 5/21/2013 8:39:44 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: VPG > > > > ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 8:32:05 AM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] mv-1 mobilty vehicle is no more > >What was the name of the company that went out of business? > >In a message dated 5/21/2013 4:15:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: >i received an email stating that the company that makes mv-1 is out of >business.........hopefully noone on the list has one but if you do vmi is >going >to manage the ones that alreasy have been sold >> >> >>ron
