Wednesday, September 4, 2002

Automakers' campaign against electric vehicles Steal this car!. General Motors wants to take its pioneering electric automobiles off the road. But the geeks who drive them won't let go of the steering wheel. [Salon.com] [...] The EV1 drivers find themselves in the odd predicament of defending a vehicle that they don't own from a manufacturer who wants to kill it off. Seldon says of the recall: "It's a tragedy. Everyone I know who has leased it has been totally unwilling to let go of it. I'm convinced that GM didn't want the car to succeed." The EV1 driver points out that electric cars do not require the same kind of routine maintenance that combustion-engine cars and even hybrids do, like replacing mufflers, oil changes and smog checks. Here's a link to the Toyota Rav4 EV that can still be purchased outright. Might try to think of a way to get my hands on one of these, eh? Toyota Rav4 EV, available only in California. Zero emissions. http://www.toyota.com/html/shop/vehicles/ravev/rav4ev_0_home/index.html Miasma 11:49:19 PM    Comment [] A Blog Blog about Bloggers Blogging Other Bloggers in Books Totally expected.  If you are the first of the overly verbose bloggers to write book about weblogs, you are bound to be trashed.  Inevitable.  Given the democracy in this public space we created, what gives anyone the right to write about it (let alone carpetbaggers like Sullivan)?  Also, if you are buying a book about weblogs you might as well buy a book on browsing or desktop publishing for all the good it will do you. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 11:14:59 PM    Comment []

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