Reply #35: According to the documentary "Who killed the electric car"

[Deny and Shred]

GM still owns the patents on the battery that powered the EV-1. They bought them from the inventor. If GM were serious, couldn't they just start making them again?
If so, they don't need nearly as much R&D for hybrids, because they already had a gas-free functioning car. It would appear that big oil can't let GM go 100% gas-free, but they can't watch GM go down the tubes making Hummers, either. Some 'greening' is necessary, but not too much.