I don't know if anyone managed to catch the documentary called, "Who Killed the Electric Car" that recently aired on HBO and several other channels but it is very much worth the watch.
The average American's commute to work each day is 42 miles round trip, well within the range of most electric cars. Also it could be recharged with a standard household outlet.
GM claimed there was no market for it despite thousands of people signing to get on the waiting list. What was odd is that GM not only recalled all the cars but that the destroyed all but one car that was gutted and placed in a museum.
Who Killed the Electric Car? - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The biggest loss is probably not even the car itself but the waste of technological resources and the developmental stimulus it could have provided to an entire new industry.
I would have certainly considered one as I am shopping for a fuel miser car and considering going with hybrid or stripped down fuel can. (it was this or slap a set of goodyears on the mule)
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