<VV> Chevy Volt

[Bill H.]

                                            B"H

My two cents:  The Volt was doomed from the start.  Hark back to the EV1, everyone who had one loved it, GM recalled them without explanation.

I believe the Volt was flawed from the time it was on paper.  It was planned that way.  The oil companies have a stranglehold on the automakers.  There is no chance that any electric or non-oil powered vehicle will be made on the same scale as gas cars, until every last drop has been taken out of the ground.

By making the car defective from the start, GM won't be bashed by the public like what happened with the EV1.  Now GM can say, "we aren't there yet with battery technology, so sorry folks, we really tried this time, we didn't lease them exclusively nor did we force you to return them.  Just remember that you're not safe in them if they crash."

John D. Rockerfeller late of Standard Oil, was a ruthless tycoon who made sure that his company had all the rights to whatever oil was being drilled.  He put his competitors out of business, even his own brother (whom he destroyed financially).  

That's the way the oil companies work today.  

Not only is the auto industry held hostage, but the U.S. State Department is as well.  Iran, a country run by certified lunatics, is left to build a bomb that G-d knows whom they want to vaporize.  But no one is allowed to touch them except with useless "sanctions."  Meanwhile we have the privilege of buying Iranian oil which keeps the cars running and price of gasoline down.

If I was not a religious person who believes that G-d runs the world, not the multinational corporations, I'd be pretty depressed.  But I know that at some point, G-d WILL intervene and redeem mankind from our own stupidity in a good way.  I pray for that every day.

I know I'm off topic here.  Feel free to disagree, it's still a free country.  And the Corvair story is of another color.  The Corvair was an honest attempt by GM to build a truly different car that was technologically advanced.  The oil companies were less concerned about the Corvair, since it runs on gasoline.  Had it been electric, it would not have been allowed to survive beyond 1960.

Bill Hershkowitz 66 Monza 110 PG