To get a car passed road test costs a lot of money.
One estimate was 2.5 million and new EV maker has to submit many
of their new cars to sustain front, side crush tests....
And the car manufacturers also has to prepare for the test and they have
to crush some more at their own facility.

It is faster to pass a law to make the auto makers to make a second version
of their ICE that had already passed all road & safety test. So consumers
can have a choice right away. No need for blood for oil, oil addict
lecturing, drivers can decide which power source for their cars on their
own. Thank you very much!

Big three kept mesmerizing American public by media blitz that American
loves big muscle cars, gas guzzlers.....like all will believe everything
TV says?

Ford may have changed their minds, their electric Focus is now on Jay
Leno's show. Celebs came to drive the car, Dr.Phil is now the record
holder
to finish the course in the shortest time.
The car is very quiet, that reminded me of what Jay Leno said when he
was test driving Tesla's Roadster. He said it was too quiet and he
could not get used to it. Maybe the drivers need to get a tape of noisy
ICE engine roaring to get used to the driving. Till one day every drivers
prefers the no noise driving experiences.

Ford's Focus already had ICE version, so many auto makers are doing it
without regulations. Smarter than GM and Hyundai, they do not have any
plan to roll out electric version of any of their car models yet.
Very disappointing! GM did it again and again, should not even bother
to bail them out.


On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:30:47 -0800, Saar <herman.saar@...> wrote:

>
> WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (Reuters) - A coalition of energy companies,
> automakers and shipping firms unveiled on Monday their cure for
> America's oil addiction – electric vehicles.
>
> The group, the Electrification Coalition, aims to get 75 percent of
> miles driven fuelled by electricity by 2040, almost turning the gasoline
> pump into a historic roadside marker.
>
> The change is necessary as it is too risky for the United States to
> import more than 65 percent of its crude oil needs, the coalition
> argued. As well, more than half of the world's oil supplies must pass
> through vulnerable maritime passageways such as the Strait of Hormuz
> between Iran
> <http://www.ecoseed.org/component/search/Iran/?ordering=newest&searchphr\
> ase=exact&limit=20> and Qatar
> <http://www.ecoseed.org/component/search/Qatar/?ordering=newest&searchph\
> rase=exact&limit=20> .