Want to read some half-truths from GM??

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Originally Posted by rgathright

@goofy1: I stand behind you on this one.



Contradictions On The Website http://www.chevrolet.com/electriccar...index.jsp?id=2:
1) "Althoug the technical innovation and marketing efforts behind the EV1 were unparalleled, only 800 people were willing to lease the EV1." WRONG The movie, Who Killed The Electric Car?, show-cased this issue and provides detail about the petition to get more on the roads. Maybe Chevrolet was pointing out the fact that only 800 Chevy salesman were willing to lease the EV1.
The reason that only 800 were able to lease was because there was only a limited number produced. They were not able to produce as much as they would have liked to get them on the roads. Also they are a business after all and these were not as cost efficient as they had planned due to battery malfunctions and other issues. The dealers WERE willing but due to complications some had to be recalled which caused for lease to be available.

2) "Yes, the EV1 quickly became the worldwide benchmark for electric vehicles, but its timing wasn't quite right" WRONG Even a high school debating student could pick this argument apart! If your product became a benchmark, how can you say it was not right?
Actually just because you are a benchmark in something does not mean the timing is right(A High schooler would know that, but obviously an adult like yourself wouldn't.).

3) Finally (for now), if you read this section further you come across this statement, "gas was cheap, there wasn't a war in Iraq". Is Chevrolet making a relationship between the war in Iraq and the cost of gas? Several leading politicians would love to debate this issue.

There really is no debate as soon as the war started demand went up and so did the price of oil. Events that happen in the world do tend to effect the economy which includes the price of gas.

My final stab is at Jill Banaszynski, you should stop using contractions in your formal arguments. They just ain't cool. Additionally, your arguments on the behalf of GM are dangerous because they show a deep rooted, corporate refusal to admit a mistake made over 10 years ago.

In your opinion its a mistake, but to many others it is a revolution. The fact that you are picking on her for using contractions is just petty. You are arguing over semantics.
How can we trust that GM is working in our best interest this time around?

How do we know that the high sticker price for the Volt is not just a desire to extract more money for the nearly vacant company bank accounts?

Well one reason we know they are working in our intrest is that they are going to sell the Volt below manufacturing price so that it will be more affordable. If you talk to Franz Weber (one of the designers) he will tell you that they will be selling below the cost and that the companies interest is the same as the peoples interest. I don't know about you but that sounds like it is in the people's best interest.