minnow wrote:
Interesting that GM is reportedly killing off the Volt, the only EV that runs on electricity generated from its internal combustion engine(after the initial battery charge is depleted). One if the biggedt criticisms of EV's is lack of range and getting stuck on the side of a road. The Volt addressed that but still never caught in. Sales have fallen off like a rock. Ev's may be all the rage is socialist leaning countries but apparently not so much here.
But i'll keep the EV in the back of my head if I ever decide to move to France or even BC.
GM is putting the Volt drivetrain in an SUV format. The north American market is strong for SUV's but less so for cars. And the volt is also not considered an electric car but rather a hybrid.
How one can link socialism to EV's I have no idea but I would be interested in the thought process behind it. Most of the EV drivers I know are not particularly environmentally driven. Most of us like peppy, good handling, quiet, well appointed cars that are inexpensive to run. The Tesla bunch obviously like high end cars and the S and X are direct replacements for BMW's and Mercedes. Many Tesla owners were previously beamer and benz owners. Taking a Tesla S for a test drive is an eye opening experience.
Oh and coincidentally (or maybe not) I am a socialist (or at least the Canadian equivalent of one whatever that is) so I am legitimately curious how you made the connection.
Cheers
