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GGG · 09-04-2017, 08:56 PM

I guess I see it as California eliminated the ZEV requirement therefore there was no reason to invest in a ZEV when battery tech wasn't yet at the point that you could ever produce an economic model.

You crush them to keep the tech in house. Apparently the smithonian has the only functioning model with the electrical systems in tact. It seems much more reasonable that the stated reasons of liability were why they ended the program.

You have spent a half billion or so on a program that is no where near commercially viable and the technology to make it viable is 20 years out and the only reason you were investing in it disappeared. So instead the R+D money going into EVs it was moved into the other options to meet California emissions requirements.

09-04-2017, 08:56 PM	#640
GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	I guess I see it as California eliminated the ZEV requirement therefore there was no reason to invest in a ZEV when battery tech wasn't yet at the point that you could ever produce an economic model. You crush them to keep the tech in house. Apparently the smithonian has the only functioning model with the electrical systems in tact. It seems much more reasonable that the stated reasons of liability were why they ended the program. You have spent a half billion or so on a program that is no where near commercially viable and the technology to make it viable is 20 years out and the only reason you were investing in it disappeared. So instead the R+D money going into EVs it was moved into the other options to meet California emissions requirements.