[Cialug] O.T. Who Killed The Electric Car ?

[Matthew Nuzum]

On 5/25/07, David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com> wrote:
> You do get the impression that they're really not trying too hard. If
> Chrysler can make their big boat 4000 pound cars that get 30mpg, why
> can't they make a little 2500 pound car that gets 45mpg? It's like
> they're trying to just make the minimum mileage requirement.

I don't agree with this statement.

Of course they can make more fuel efficient vehicles than they have
been, but it requires a compromise that consumers don't like. Case in
point, the Geo Metro. If the Metro had sold in record numbers, we'd
have tons of cars like that. People, until recently, didn't want
smaller, they wanted bigger, and thats what we got.
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Matthew Nuzum
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