Auto manufacturers are complaining that PEVs are just not selling. PEVs include battery electric and plug-in hybrids and account for less than one per cent of the United States car market. Add in hybrids, which are selling better, and electric vehicle sales are still only around three per cent of cars sold.
Bribes, in the form of big bonuses of taxpayer money, and threats that the government will force the purchase of electric cars, just have not worked. Heck, if you want a plug-in car you can buy a golf cart that uses a battery for power.
The Obama administration has set mileage standards so high car manufacturers will, in the next few years, be forced to make the cars, but who will buy them?
This business reminds me of the ethanol disaster. We are forced to buy gasoline with l0 or 15 per cent ethanol, which adds to the cost and can damage the car's engine. Ethanol takes billions of dollars from our pockets and is inferior fuel but our government forces us to use it. That's the way it will be with those dang electric cars.
Bribes, in the form of big bonuses of taxpayer money, and threats that the government will force the purchase of electric cars, just have not worked. Heck, if you want a plug-in car you can buy a golf cart that uses a battery for power.
The Obama administration has set mileage standards so high car manufacturers will, in the next few years, be forced to make the cars, but who will buy them?
This business reminds me of the ethanol disaster. We are forced to buy gasoline with l0 or 15 per cent ethanol, which adds to the cost and can damage the car's engine. Ethanol takes billions of dollars from our pockets and is inferior fuel but our government forces us to use it. That's the way it will be with those dang electric cars.
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