What Happened to GM's EV1? Will Anyone in Congress Ask About it Before Bailout?

[BradBlog]

What Happened to GM's EV1?
Now Would Be a Good Time for Congress to Ask the Automaker Why They Killed Their Perfectly Good and
Much-Beloved All-Electric Car in 1999...

The GM EV1, first sold in CA in 1996, was much beloved by its owners (leasers, actually, since they were not allowed to buy them). There were waiting lists to be able to get one, before finally, three years later, with little or no explanation, GM announced they would not be renewing any of the leases on those cars and those who used them would have no recourse but to give them back.

Customers were outraged, heartbroken even, when GM failed to renew all of the leases to the fast, quiet and gasoline-free cars three years later.

Incredibly, not only had GM taken back the cars, they actually sent them, in perfectly good working order, to be shredded --- literally shredded. Now why would they have done that?!

With GM's hat-in-hand, threatening "bankruptcy within the month" if they don't get billions of tax dollars from Congress pronto, it sure seems like someone up on Capitol Hill oughta ask GM's CEO the still-unanswered questions about the EV1...

FULL STORY, VIDEO TEASER FROM 'WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?":
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6725