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<DIV><SPAN class=466283718-05022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>NPR
had a segment on this last summer. as well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Bill London<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 05, 2007 10:29
AM<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] who
killed the electric car?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A decade ago, California decided to get serious
about smog and required car manufacturers to create zero-emission cars.
The auto makers did build electric cars for sale in that state. Then by
creatively undermining public support for the cars and reversing the
state mandate, they killed the electric car. Literally. Even
though hundreds of customers begged the companies to sell them an electric
car, the auto makers refused (the cars were only leased, not sold). And
then the leases were ended, and the cars were actually crushed and
recycled.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Though it sounds like a paranoid fantasy, it's
all there in the</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> recent documentary, "Who
Killed the Electric Car?" I saw it on DVD. It is a great summary
and a strong indictment of the short-sighted oil/auto industry that could
only see that big cars equal big profits.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GM and Ford are now suffering big time with
diving stock prices and huge losses. And all I can think is those
dinosaurs deserve it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For more info, and links to the DVD, etc see:
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.pluginamerica.com/">http://www.pluginamerica.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
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