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Originally Posted by Robbie
It's not a real electric car. 
I was kind of amazed that Tesla could do it. And Nissan could make the "Leaf" electric car as well.
And then the best Detroit could come up with was the Chevy Volt. I was in amazement that with all their infrastructure and history...they couldn't even make an electric car.
I would almost bet the farm that the unions have a lot to do with that. Union workers who "specialize" in the making of combustible engine cars would lose their jobs with the much simpler electric cars.
And the ones that didn't lose their jobs would have to be re-trained.
Think about it: No more need for people to build or install a transmission for instance. Or a starter motor. Or a hundred other things that are not required for an EV.
Detroit is fucked. That's why the U.S. auto industry isn't dominating the world like it should.
Don't get me wrong...it's still pretty damn dominant, which is a testament to the industry. But if they weren't shackled by unions and state govt. over regulating and taxing them...I believe that the Detroit auto industry would OWN the world again.
And that would bring new (different) jobs to Detroit with good wages. Just like it does in South Carolina, Tennessee, and other states where foreign car manufacturers have built plants free of Unions and brought good paying jobs to their areas. |
It might Suprise you, but GM made and sold on a lease electric cars back in the 80s or 90s I forget which. The majority of the people whom leased them loved them, but at the end of the lease GM forced everyone to turn them In and then GM crushed them. Despite the previous users wanting to buy them.
Turns out big oil was in on getting GM to walk away from the electric car which could of been a success in the 80s and 90s. You should look up the documentary called "who killed the electric car"