2 VX projects

[etlsport]

Ever see that movie "Who Killed the Electric Car" ?
Its worth watching, very sad how GM got bought out by the oil companys to axe their own EV program.

guess payback is a mother.. way way back when philadelphia had trolleys all over the city GM bought them and shut em down and replaced them with their own busses

[johnnyapollo]

There's a lot of grassroots EV development going on - most that I've seen were converted mail delivery jeeps using Optima batteries and golf-cart motors. Joe Black got me thinking about them by referring me to Makezine and showing me some sites where the process is detailed.

-- John

[Vehi-Cross-Az]

guess payback is a mother.. way way back when philadelphia had trolleys all over the city GM bought them and shut em down and replaced them with their own busses

that wasnt payback, that was yet Another move on GMs part
to make cars the only way to get around.
they axed their own EV program as silently as possible
watch that movie, its very informative.

[newthings]

Back in the early 50's , Los angeles and Long Beach, where I grew up, had a great electric trolley system that covered the whole LA basin. I am old enough to have ridden the big red Pacific Electric (PE) cars. GM paid the bribes and had the tracks pulled up. GM sold busses. End of public transet by rail in LA. Thanks GM.
Roy

[Chopper]

Back in the early 50's , Los angeles and Long Beach, where I grew up, had a great electric trolley system that covered the whole LA basin. I am old enough to have ridden the big red Pacific Electric (PE) cars. GM paid the bribes and had the tracks pulled up. GM sold busses. End of public transet by rail in LA. Thanks GM.
Roy

I rode 'em in Phila.. Alot of the tracks were still there in the early nineties. They ran the old PCC trolleys from the thirties right till the end (88 or 89) I used to ride one on the way to school. I was facinated by the things.

[creeg]

guess payback is a mother.. way way back when philadelphia had trolleys all over the city GM bought them and shut em down and replaced them with their own busses

I think GM did this in most major cities: I know they did it here in Los Angeles too.