EVs Could Last Nearly Forever--If Car Companies Let Them

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33. surley not, and I hear the Corvair is highly coveted nowadays.

This must be the reason? (Looks like its legacy was unfairly tarnished)

From Wikipedia

Published in 1965, Unsafe at Any Speed became a highly influential critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers focusing on General Motors' (GM's) Corvair automobile in particular.

Two of Nader's most notable targets were the Chevy Corvair and the Ford Pinto.

The 1965 publication of Unsafe at Any Speed sullied the reputation of the Corvair line, although the issues had nothing to do with the current model. Under competition from the Mustang and the publicity hit of Unsafe, Corvair sales plummeted by over half in 1966

"He made the cars we drive safer; thirty years later, he made George W. Bush the president."[4]

Nader said during subsequent Congressional hearings, the Corvair is "the leading candidate for the un-safest-car title".[16] Subsequently, Corvair sales fell from 220,000 in 1965 to 109,880 in 1966. By 1968, production fell to 14,800.[16]

Public response to the book played a role in the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in 1966.

Ralph Nader's accusations were proven false by the 1972 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration safety commission report.