Well, it wasn’t really a true “movie”, but a documentary called “Who killed the Electric Car”. VERRRYYY interesting. Makes me want to go out and buy a hybrid from Toyota or Honda to show dumb General Motors that there is a demand for electric.
But few logistics:
– how would I load our whole crew in a hybrid (usually a 4 seater)?
– don’t quite have the money
– don’t really need a new car even if we did have the money
It also seemed rather fishy to me that the US Government would allow a $100,000 tax credit for vehicles over 6000 pounds in 2004. But in 2003 they only allowed an Electric Vehicle tax credit of $4,000 maximum. And in 2003 was the year that the Zero Emissions Law in California was rescinded after the Federal Government joined the automakers lawsuit against the California State Legislature and CA Air Resource Board. And that same year the EV1’s leases all “expired” and had to be returned to GM, and were crushed. (Yeah, it all smells a bit dirty to me.)
Thinking about a new car. On rare occasion Dave actually leaves the house it is to either Salem, Orem or Salt Lake City. So the miles and maintenance aren’t piling up on our old 95 Crown Victoria. Runs just fine for our needs. Definitely a new car we do not need. Just less debt.
(Though just last week we did make our final payment to our Anesthesiologist from Samuel’s birth in Jan 2006. Now on to knocking his hospital bill down. Yeah!)