The Detroit News
Today’s movement for green technology is nothing new in the automobile industry. The plug-in electric car has been a hopeful dream for decades.
Fifteen years ago, Costco installed EV charging stations at some of its stores. This month, the warehouse store chain started removing those chargers because it acknowledged no one was using them.
Nonetheless, the Chevy Volt and other electric cars are marketed as the saviors of the automobile industry. High hopes and dreams are once again laid at their proverbial feet, hoping Americans are ready to embrace electric drivetrains.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110920/OPINION01/109200318/Union-bosses-wrong-to-prop-up-unwanted-electric-vehicles#ixzz1YV7uAZBq