Comments on: ZENN electric car is Dead and EEStor’s EESU is Nowhere to be Seen. http://www.gavinshoebridge.com/electric-cars/zenn-electric-car-is-dead-and-eestors-eesu-is-nowhere-to-be-seen/ Gavin Shoebridge - an electric vehicle nut, a keen environmentalist Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:53:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: D, Grose http://www.gavinshoebridge.com/electric-cars/zenn-electric-car-is-dead-and-eestors-eesu-is-nowhere-to-be-seen/comment-page-1/#comment-7 D, Grose Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:44:09 +0000 http://www.gavinshoebridge.com/?p=66#comment-7 It is obvious that the oil mafia has a hand in this. The (so called) general motors electric car the "volt" is just an expensive piece of junk. It only stays electric for 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. and that's at 40 miles per hour or less. There were electric cars built over 100 years ago that could do that and they claimed 50 miles on a charge using primitive lead acid batteries. The volt is designed to turn people off to electric vehicles. However, I am glad they gave some money to Tesla to develop their car. I hope they can come through. It is obvious that the oil mafia has a hand in this. The (so called) general motors electric car the “volt” is just an expensive piece of junk. It only stays electric for 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. and that’s at 40 miles per hour or less. There were electric cars built over 100 years ago that could do that and they claimed 50 miles on a charge using primitive lead acid batteries. The volt is designed to turn people off to electric vehicles. However, I am glad they gave some money to Tesla to develop their car. I hope they can come through.

]]> By: Paul Watson http://www.gavinshoebridge.com/electric-cars/zenn-electric-car-is-dead-and-eestors-eesu-is-nowhere-to-be-seen/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Paul Watson Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:38:53 +0000 http://www.gavinshoebridge.com/?p=66#comment-6 “(Please freely repost this) This funding for the car companies was all "pay to play", insider, self-dealing. The companies that were turned down had the exact same things in common: 1. They did not pay hundreds of thousands to buy influence. This is on public record and can be investigation under lobby and cost filings. 2. They did not make campaign contributions. 3. Each of the reasons they were told they were turned down were violated with each of the companies that did get money. 4. They were doing all of the work in the U.S. unlike those who did get the money. 5. They had a car design and those who got the money were “thinking about doing a car design”. 6. You could not draw a line from them to a politician or a person who made money or political gain unlike those who did get the money. Every one of the people that did get money got the “requirements” of the section 136 law waived or were in direct violation of the intent-of-the-law yet the DOE team for that money used those very same “requirements” to say that they would deny funding to those who had not contributed. It was a crooked set of deals and the regulatory, law enforcement and voters need to make some noise about this.” “(Please freely repost this)

This funding for the car companies was all “pay to play”, insider, self-dealing. The companies that were turned down had the exact same things in common:
1. They did not pay hundreds of thousands to buy influence. This is on public record and can be investigation under lobby and cost filings.
2. They did not make campaign contributions.
3. Each of the reasons they were told they were turned down were violated with each of the companies that did get money.
4. They were doing all of the work in the U.S. unlike those who did get the money.
5. They had a car design and those who got the money were “thinking about doing a car design”.
6. You could not draw a line from them to a politician or a person who made money or political gain unlike those who did get the money.

Every one of the people that did get money got the “requirements” of the section 136 law waived or were in direct violation of the intent-of-the-law yet the DOE team for that money used those very same “requirements” to say that they would deny funding to those who had not contributed.

It was a crooked set of deals and the regulatory, law enforcement and voters need to make some noise about this.”

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