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[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net>
" 
" > From: adh at an.bradford.ma.us (Sandwich Maker)
" > 
" > gm took its ev1 electrics back when they came off lease, even
" > when enthusiastic owners wanted to keep them. i suspect the
" > govt $$ ran out and that's all they were really interested in.
" 
" First off, there were no "enthusiastic owners" there were enthusiastic leasors... They didn't on the cars/

my bad.

" Second, it may have been cheaper for GM to write off the cars, than to have ready supplies of spare parts for a small fleet of (essentially) one-off custom cars...

and why was it a -small- fleet of -one-off- cars, if gm was serious
about developing electric cars?  and had enthusiastic lessors [sic]
lining up for them?

" Third, the batteries may have been timed to die just after the lease ran out, nearly eliminating the value of the car once you have to shove $X thousands into the hands of the battery supplier...

planned obsolescence.  just like the auto industry...
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