Reply #68: It was a POS

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There isn't some conspiracy behind it, it was too expensive and was completely impractical compared to the average car. It would have been a complete business failure if they did tried to sell it to the public, so GM cut it's losses with the 1 billion dollar project.

Other car companies made prototype electric cars too, but decided not to produce them for the same reason. Maybe you could blame GM's bad management for turning down an profitable opportunity, but it's just stupid to think other companies like Toyota would be able to exploit the profits of electric cars.

Electric cars just can't supply the needs of the average driver at a decent price, so car companies are using the technology to make hybrids instead to get the best out of both technologies.

We live in a capitalists society, and if someone thought that producing an electric car would be profitable, they would exploit it.