Akvod said:
Not trying to bash American products, but is EV1, too late and too expensive? =/ |
Yeah, it was destroyed by the oil companies, because it would put standard oil out of business, killing demand for gasoline. They bought the patent to it and the patent was passed around to other oil companies. The expensive nature of the car was used as a crutch by GM once the oil companies got their hands on them to have the car destroyed. They claimed there was no demand for a car that is good for the environment (doesn't emit CO2 into the atmosphere, thus doesn't contribute to global warming), only uses electricity, goes over 100 MPH on one charge, and is silent instead of causing noise pollution like gas powered cars. After the oil companies realized the positive impact of this car and how they couldn't profit off of it, they got GM to destroy it and take the cars from all the owners who were willing to in unison pay a million dollars just to keep it. Not many people had it because it was being used in california as a test car to stop the pollution in certain areas. The job was done and it worked and yet the scrapped it.







