[DMCForum] Re: electric vehicles...

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sad but true, if we didn't live in the land of the lawsuit, maybe 
things would be different. GM might have sold the EV1's to consumers 
like Toyota is with the RAV4 EV's.


What year Grand National prototype was this they stole? A possible 
new one, or one from back in the 80's?

I always hoped GM would make a NEW Grand National someday.


-Joe






--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
> Simple...because of the liability risk to GM.  The automakers used 
to build
> stuff like this and put them in the hands of the general public for 
testing.
> Now they test them and crush them due to the risk.
> 
> I read a story long ago about the prototype Grand National.  While 
they were
> testing it, someone stole the car.  The thieves, not knowing what 
they had,
> removed the factory radio and front seats and abandoned the car.  GM
> recovered the car, finished their testing, and subsequently crushed 
the car.
> Sad, really.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf
> Of Bob Brandys
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:34 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DMCForum] electric vehicles...
> 
> Isn't interesting that most of these vehicles were destroyed.   
Why?   
> Having an electric vehicle at todays gas prices would start a huge 
> demand.
> 
> The electrical operating costs were 4.7 cents per mile.   to gas 20 
> miles would be less than a dollars.   40 miles less than $2.00
> 
> 
> Not many trucks can go 40 miles on $2.00 of gas today!
> 
> 
> BOB

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