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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo
Trust me, it's no easire for them than for you and me, except they have the knowledge (they've done it before) and the resources(engineering staff, lawyers, etc). They still have to work pretty hard at it though.
Simple: There is no big money to be made, EVs are still a losing proposition, gas is still cheaper and loads more convenient, even at $4 a gallon.
$10 a gallon, though...
MY vote is for a diesel hybrid, the (small) engine runs a generator at constant (and hyper-efficient) speed to charge the batteries, only electric motors drive the wheels and accessories. That diesel will run on vegetable oil too, and today's new BlueTec diesels are cleaner than any gasoline engine by quite a lot.
Don |
yea maybe, you would think if there was big money in mass produced electric along the technology of the Chevy Volt they would have done it by now, then again maybe they too are gambling that this is just an oil bubble that will burst but 9 out of 10 analysts are saying that's not the case this time around.
Something has to happen soon, $150 oil looms next week....
Sure our lives and work will change but there will be one heck of a lot of people out of work because of this.
GM just signed a contract with it's workers and promised to keep the truck plant in Oshawa ontario open and that changed last week, the union is furious but other than the people that need it for absolute necessity for the business...who can afford the fuel for those trucks? No wonder GM had to make a tough business decision.
I just hope they start making more small trucks, we had the S10, now the colorado/canyon but we neen more because not everyone can fit into a tiny car.
Things are sure looking rather bleak thats for sure and one can only hope the automakers and goverment regulators will work to get electric and other stuff onto the market....NOW! not 3-5 years from now when fuel is $10/gallon.
Just think how high it will go this fall if we get a Katrina style storm or two even remotely threatening the gulf.
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