Billy Boy! Ha Ha. I can take it.

1. You fail to document kickbacks from Big Oil to GM with your document. "How much does GM get from Big Oil in kickbacks?" It is not listed anywhere. Furthermore, GM is not working with Chervon/Texaco's battery patent. GM is working with A123 lithium ion battery design. The nickel metal hydride battery is "old technology" and will be phased out as lithium ion and newer battery designs mature.

2. Another poster stated the EV1 blueprints were destroyed. Proof of this statement should rest on those making this statement. I am aware of the Iron Mt. storage facility as they control one such facility not far from where I live.

3. If the Volt reaches the market it will be a lease.... This link http://www.leftlanenews.com/chevrolet-volt.html from April 16, 2008 does not mention leasing at all. Just a $40,000 price tag. Would you please document names and dates and publications for your source(s) on the Volt will be lease only?

4. You last statement has no substance/no proof that GM will take back any or all of the Volts. You are trying to tie what happened to the EV1 to the future.


The Henry Ford Museum has an EV1 on display.

2005 AWD Escape Hybrid
Best Interstate tank trip MPG 39.02 (scangauge II) for 402 miles on I-70, 10.3 gallons used over mostly flat terrain. Aug. 2007

Best Interstate tank trip E30 MPG 34.6 for 271 miles along I-80 in Indiana and Ohio. May 2008

Best multiple road tank trip E30 MPG 36.2 for 202 miles in Southwestern Pa. July 2008.