http://www.time.com/time/specials/20...670578,00.html
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No one would mistake Chris Paine for a General Motors shill. In his 2006 documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?, the filmmaker laid out a ****ing case against GM for unplugging the EV1, the electric vehicle it manufactured in the 1990s and then discontinued in 2003, preferring instead to produce high-margin but gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs. "They were a technological leader, and they fumbled that leadership away," Paine says. Ask him about the U.S. carmaker now, though, and Paine sounds almost admiring. "Their new hybrids are making a difference, and their plug-in technology is a real advance," he says. "GM is making some really good moves now."
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A nice read and other than a little premature, it should have come out as the new two-mode hybrids started hitting the showroom floors, and reflects an opinion that has merit. Understand that I have some reservations about 'first model year' and 'complexity.'
It is very, very difficult to bring out a new product with a large number of new parts. Although key technologies were tested in the hybrid busses, the ultimate integration and test happens in the hands of customers.
GOOD LUCK!
Bob Wilson
Green Motors
