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Old 04-20-2009, 08:06 AM   #1
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Personally, I think he should told GM they had to make electric cars, and compressed air cars, and hybrids. No more low milage cars that run solely on gas.
yeh thats feasible Are you serious? Do you have any concept of what it would take for them to stop making what they are making and start making a product that doesn't really exist in a production ready way yet?
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Old 04-20-2009, 10:18 AM   #2
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That mandate would have been total disaster for GM. They were told to get competitive which is reasonable.

It looks like selective bankruptcy is in store.
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Old 04-20-2009, 05:13 PM   #3
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yeh thats feasible Are you serious? Do you have any concept of what it would take for them to stop making what they are making and start making a product that doesn't really exist in a production ready way yet?
GM successfully made electric cars back in the 90s, so don't tell me they don't already have the technology. And they are already making compressed air cars in Europe.

Why is so hard to find innovative people here, in the US? We are supposed to be the almighty greatest country ever, right?
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