I have this dream that one day the car that sits under our house will plug into a solar charged battery. No gas, clean, handy set up with plenty of power to go anywhere we would need in our daily lives. It wouldn't have to be so far fetched if American car companies had actually followed their own electric powered technology for the greater good of the consumer. But if they would have continued back in the 90's then they would have lost all the extra profits gasoline cars produced. The problem for US car companies is that electric/hybrid cars are becoming more and more desirable and they are finally giving in to consumer demands almost. Enter the Chevy Volt. They can't seem to get the battery part to work out. 3-5 years they say... is this another stall? On top of this delay they are asking the feds to fund their battery project for $500,000,000. It is a bail out request because they missed the boat the first time around. We'd have all this technology set up by now if they'd looked at a bigger picture instead of dollars earlier. Oh and to aid in solving the problem of our dependence on foreign oil, Bush has lifted the bans on drilling in both the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Bristol Bay.
A must read are the following links from AutoblogGreen:
Director Chris Paine on the Chevy Volt
Plug-in America's Paul Scott
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