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Originally Posted by Air2Go  Watch "Who Killed the Electric Car?," and then decide whether GM is deserving of a taxpayer bailout. |
I saw this movie, and before passing any judgment, it is also important to point out that every car company that had an electric offering in that California testing group pulled their cars and some other companies also crushed their cars too.
Moreover, if GM didn't have the foresight to keep the EV1, why did no one else pick up where GM left off? Clearly the killing of the electric car was not by GMs hand alone. The State of California had a major hand in this.... does that mean that we simply allow 1 in 6 manufacturing jobs disappear because GM made a business decision? We all have had our opportunities to do the right thing, but just like GM, a lot of us kept buying big trucks for tooling around town....and why not? The fuel prices were cheap, folks could use their homes as ATMs for Escalades and GM was more than willing to supply them with what the consumers wanted. It's funny how when things get tough, GM, Ford and other automakers are villans for giving folks what they wanted. Before all this huge run up on oil, few if any cared at all about their gas guzzling SUVs. Now, the big 3 (maybe soon to be the big 2) are scrambling to make up for their shortsightedness and frankly, I'd rather see the domestic automakers get it than the bankers who went out and had a monster party on our dime.