GM Hosting Webchat with Chelsea Sexton 29 April at 2 pm EDT
28 April 2010
GM is hosting a webchat with Chelsea Sexton tomorrow, 29 April, at 2 p.m. EDT to discuss the Chevy Volt, Who Killed the Electric Car? and what she thinks has been learned from the whole GM EV1 experience.
Sexton is the Founder of the non-profit Lightning Rod Foundation, and a former General Motors EV1 Specialist. She is one of the key individuals featured in the 2006 film, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”. She also led the creation of the Automotive X PRIZE, co-founded Plug In America, and is also a consulting producer on Chris Paine’s next film, Revenge of the Electric Car.
GM is doing its best to kill the electric car right now still by not using the already proven and tested ZEBRA batteries for some of its vehicles. It has also made a far more expensive vehicle than necessary, but at least it is making it. Because of the US government monies invested in it, none of the vehicles produced should be crushed before 20 years has elapsed after its production. The EV1 vehicles that were crushed could have been turned into a most useful plug-in-hybrid in an afternoon.
Tata of India should have been contracted to build a plug-in-hybrid instead. AC propulsion proved over ten years ago that a three piston range extender is not needed, and they built the prototype for the EV1. ...HG..
Posted by: Henry Gibson | 30 April 2010 at 06:53 PM