Coming Soon: Electric Cars For Sale
July 8, 2008 by Robert Barr
Filed under Rants
The question is, will it last? Is this finally the time that the big three realize that the only way to avoid the fate of the dinosaur is to give the people what they want. Or is this just another market over-reaction that will continue for the foreseeable future, only to be cast aside when gas prices ease? You have people buying electric car kits, spending money on electric car conversions, and trying to find out exactly what electric cars are and how they work. But if gas sees sub two dollars a gallon, will we forget about the pain of $5 a gallon gas?
Most people say no. Most people realize we have gone down this road before and they are not willing to get caught behind the eight ball again. Problem is, no one tells car makers like General Motors.GM is preparing to rollout the Volt in model year 2010. They can’t afford to be labeled as the company that killed the electric car….again! So they will chug along hell bent on making sure this car hits the market. If gas is cheap again, I assure you that consumers will pick up right where they left off and drive up demand for SUV’s and other gas guzzlers.Then GM will dump the Volt, swear their allegiance to the truck platform, and ramp up manufacturing on a large scale once again. All in time for some other world catastrophe that will force oil prices skyward….you get the idea. Point is, let’s all learn from history on this one.
What do you think?
1. Are gas prices going to remain high?
2. Are electric cars viable alternatives to their gas swilling cousins?
3. If you ran GM, what would you be doing to move your company in the right direction?
tigermaniac on Wed, 9th Jul 2008 8:07 am
hey Ranter gas prices will never be less than 3 plus a gallon again. Anything is an alternative to gas guzzlers including skates! If I ran GM I would ram electric cars down Americans throat like the did the Hummer.