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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
GM had a vehicle that was on the verge of profitability, and they killed it.
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It sounds like the cancellation was entirely a financial decision, then. Either the EV1 was doomed to unprofitability (as some sources claim) or the vehicle would have caused a drop in sales of GM's *more* profitable vehicles...perhaps fewer Cavaliers would have sold if the EV1 had been manufactured.
Either way, I don't blame the company for that decision. It might have been a stupid decision both from a technology and a financial standpoint, but it was a business decision...not a moral decision.
As I said before...if you want to encourage your domestic industries to catch up technologically, just keep on supporting those companies that are in line with your beliefs. Coerce with your own dollars as you see fit, not with laws and "my" (tax) dollars.