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I heard those EV-1's cost over a $100,000 each to build.
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"Over $100,000" is a gross understatement. There were fewer than 1000 made, and when taking the cost of development and production into account, they came out costing between $1 and $1.5 million each. You'll be pround to tell your friends that you know somebody driving a million dollar car!
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GM takes a big loss on each sale -- well, they used to sell them, didn't they?
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Nope, they've never been sold. Only leased.
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No mass market for them like conventional gas cars
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There would have been by now if the manufacturers weren't spending $billions to fight the mandate that will require them. Instead of developing newer, better designs with all that cash, they've been feeding it to lobbyists.
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...I love the idea of being able to 'fill your tank' at any electric outlet -- you could drive for ever for free with all the 'hidden outlets' you could sip juice from out there
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In CA, you don't even have to steal the juice. There are currently about 1100 FREE 220V public chargers throughout CA. In a pinch, you can plug into 110 at grandma's though.
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but I didn't look inside the plastic covered refridgerator box to see what was being powered up...cappucino machine? Computer? Electric blanket?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Maybe his $million EV.