The electric car at GM was done as a PR exercise. Period.
GM had to subsidize purchase with $10,000 rebate...everybody wants mileage and a clean environment...they just don't want to pay for it.
The batteries were huge, heavy and most of all environmentally unfriendly to charge/dispose of and were a legal nightmare...lawyers kill all innovation.
GM could easily build a very sophiscated EZ Go golf cart for the road...except it would have to meet all crash test and EPA regs that a golf cart doesn't.
GM has scientists and engineers to rival any company in the world...I worked in a non engineering non-scientific role in the same bldgs for several yrs.
If every American could visit the GM labs at the Tech Center and facilities around the world, GM stock would be trading at $100/share...instead, we get all our info from media talking heads who drive Land Rovers and Range Rovers to work in Manhatan....talk about quality and mileage ????
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