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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-25-06 08:13 PM
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24. What do union auto workers have to say?
Can anyone from organized labor comment on this? Just wondering...
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  -GM said they dropped the electric car because the amount of heidler1  Jun-25-06 06:43 PM   #0 
  - GM lied.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Jun-25-06 06:46 PM   #1 
  - They weren't offered for sale in recent years, just lease,  Eric J in MN   Jun-25-06 06:49 PM   #2 
  - Um.. They REFUSED to sell the cars..They were "lease-only"  SoCalDem   Jun-25-06 06:49 PM   #3 
  - I know two people here who leased them and both  Warpy   Jun-25-06 07:03 PM   #7 
  - What do union auto workers have to say?  OzarkDem   Jun-25-06 08:13 PM   #24 
  - They did say on the tv show where I saw it that they didn't sell them  heidler1   Jun-26-06 12:46 AM   #42 
  - They said (GM) that they spent over a Billion dollars to develop it.  ryan_cats   Jun-25-06 06:56 PM   #4 
  - Other issues are at play here.  Poppyseedman   Jun-25-06 06:56 PM   #5 
  - They should let short range people buy them.  NYC   Jun-25-06 07:02 PM   #6 
  - Most people investing $33,000 in a car would want  Poppyseedman   Jun-25-06 07:08 PM   #9 
  - If people hate devices which require charging, then why are cellphones  Eric J in MN   Jun-25-06 07:11 PM   #10 
  - Come on, you can't be serious.  Poppyseedman   Jun-25-06 07:17 PM   #13 
  - Some people live within 5 miles of work.  Eric J in MN   Jun-25-06 08:10 PM   #23 
  - I can't see why their batteries needed three hours to charge  jmowreader   Jun-25-06 08:24 PM   #27 
  - Electric Cars are not the answer, they fake us into believing  erknm   Jun-25-06 08:28 PM   #29 
  - How about 8 people in a Electric powered van  zeemike   Jun-25-06 09:33 PM   #37 
  - The Hybred has batteries too.  heidler1   Jun-26-06 12:49 AM   #44 
  - Hi erknm!!  newyawker99   Jun-26-06 08:55 AM   #46 
  - Well the average mileage one puts on a car is 12-15000  zeemike   Jun-25-06 09:21 PM   #35 
  - They should design them so you can swap out batterie.  alfredo   Jun-25-06 11:30 PM   #40 
  - People have to eat 3x/day, gas their car up every week,  joeunderdog   Jun-25-06 08:16 PM   #25 
  - "most people"? I suspect the opposite  Nabia2004   Jun-25-06 07:52 PM   #20 
  - Electric Car Pricing...  misternormal   Jun-25-06 08:18 PM   #26 
  - I know HUGE numbers of people who commute less than 15 miles to work.  kestrel91316   Jun-25-06 11:16 PM   #39 
  - an all electric car would take care of 99% of our auto needs  madokie   Jun-25-06 07:08 PM   #8 
  - An electric car would not take care of 99% of our auto needs.  Poppyseedman   Jun-25-06 07:12 PM   #11 
  - No it would just do for 90% of the people  wakeme2008   Jun-25-06 07:19 PM   #14 
  - thats cool but an all electric car with a 50 mile limit would be fine with  madokie   Jun-25-06 07:28 PM   #15 
  - And A Fuel Cell Power Pack (Trailer?) Will Handle The Long Trips  loindelrio   Jun-25-06 07:52 PM   #21 
  - They didn't give anyone the chance to develop infrastructure  ashling   Jun-25-06 07:39 PM   #18 
  - parking meters  LifeDuringWartime   Jun-26-06 01:06 AM   #45 
  - Not sure about your numbers.  Vinnie From Indy   Jun-25-06 08:28 PM   #28 
     - with the new batteries like the new power tool use will make a plug  madokie   Jun-25-06 09:24 PM   #36 
  - I agree  Kenergy   Jun-25-06 07:17 PM   #12 
  - With nanotube capacitors, electric cars might outlast gas-powered ones  Nabeshin   Jun-25-06 11:46 PM   #41 
  - I drove an Impact  Tommy_J   Jun-25-06 07:32 PM   #16 
  - To bad they didn't learn anything from Henry Ford. What he  jwirr   Jun-25-06 07:36 PM   #17 
  - The type of people who would use an electric car  magellan   Jun-25-06 07:46 PM   #19 
  - Everybody's given up on the all-electric car...  TreasonousBastard   Jun-25-06 07:58 PM   #22 
  - I wonder how many people and animals have died because of GM?  Swamp Rat   Jun-25-06 08:28 PM   #30 
  - What about solar cars?  DireStrike   Jun-25-06 08:29 PM   #31 
  - Solar cars are a reality  WestMichRad   Jun-25-06 08:55 PM   #33 
  - Bunch of freaking-ass liars! Don't buy their cars until they do it right!!  NotGivingUp   Jun-25-06 08:52 PM   #32 
  - My friend has a small company that has put a prototype EV on the  buzzard   Jun-25-06 09:16 PM   #34 
  - Seems like a plug in hybrid is the next step, maybe the all electic  lectrobyte   Jun-25-06 09:39 PM   #38 
  - There was a huge waiting list for electric cars  upi402   Jun-26-06 12:48 AM   #43 
 

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