GM decided at the onset to have the vehicles returned at the end of the lease, which began in 1996. That kills your arch nemesis theory. I stated this before; the S-10's were given only to government agencies and were supposed to be returned to GM as well. They can decide what to do, since they own the product, and if people don't want to do it they don't have to. I don't see how Toyota or Ford choosing another route has anything to do with this, except supporting some unfounded conspiracy theory. I don't know why GM pulled the A/C controllers from the cars. I would guess it's more due to liability so the cars can not be driven anymore and GM risks getting sued. If it is a patented design you can get that from the patent archives. The EV1 in the Crawford Auto Museum in Cleveland, OH still has the A/C controller in the car as of right now. It took me five minutes to verify that, so that kills another one of your conspiracy theories. Aren't facts a bitch? The batteries have been removed since the car is inside, just as they remove gasoline and disconnect batteries from regular cars. The car is fully functional and all they have to do is reinstall the batteries and it can be driven as intended. They also have a Ford EV van but it is a full cut-away display so it was never driven. You can see the electric systems in that van in plain view. http://www.wrhs.org/crawford/default.asp No, the EV1 is not listed yet as they haven't updated the page. There are several other cars not yet listed, so again, no conspiracy. So, another conspiracy theory of yours was killed by your own statement below. Previously you stated no one can get these A/C controllers and anyone in the EV community would willingly plop down $10k for one. If the A/C controller is nonexistent, why does the Tesla Roadster have it as you stated below? Gee, maybe there is no conspiracy at all. What a shocker! Show me hard core, actual proof there is some conspiracy going on and I will consider changing my mind. I have presented facts here and all you have presented is conspiracy theory. Besides, if Big Oil wanted to make more evil profit all they would have to do is buy out Big Battery and they would have the market cornered. Wanna try again? Greg _____ From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Brandys Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:43 AM To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DMCForum] RE: [DML] 50 Worst Cars-What Moron Wrote This? Comparing destruction of the thousands of EV1's, almost all of the S-10s, the Renaults, (yes, see the movie) the Ford EVs and a number of the Toyota EVs to destruction of SINGLE prototypes is a ridiculous comparison. Prototypes generally are not complete vehicles. They all have custom parts and sheet metal. The EVs were mass produced vehicles. If you saw the movie Who killed the electric car? You would see the well documented lack of maintenance. In fact, GM required the cars be checked every 5k miles. They were shocked by the lack of any wear or need of replacement parts! Yes, a few of the S-10 , Ford EV trucks, and Rav 4s still survive, But these were NOT leased vehicles. They were sold to private parties who refused to give them back. As for the EVs in the museums-GM REMOVED THE AC DRIVE TRAIN! (Also-shown in the movie) so the cars could not be driven. WHY? BTW, guess which drive train is in the Tesla? AC Proposulsion. GEE, maybe it works. OR maybe, had these EVs not been shredded and GM stopped supporting them- YOU could go to AC propulsion to get them worked on. Hmm? Competition? Well, Gee a company in Pheonix now services the NiMH batteries in the S-10 trucks. Yes, there was a market that GM and the oil companies wanted to try to kill. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:DMCForum-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:DMCForum-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/