fordfocuselectric
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Or is it a retreat? Bill Ford said at the ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara that the Ford Focus Electric is an investment and that 'We still don’t know what the winning technology is going to be…We’re continuing to invest in hydrogen, we’re continuing to invest in biofuels.'
Ford also reminded us that EVs have been tried and failed before:"Prior to the Model T, a third of all vehicles in this country were electric… this isn’t a new technology. The reason it died away was the ubiquity of charging. Today, we have the same issue."
Wall Street Journal reported that Ford has no certainty that there will ever be an electric grid built that can support mass amounts of electric vehicles on the roads. "We’ve made a big bet on electric… but the pace at which that develops, I think anyone who can tell you that is lying."
One of the comments below the posting interpreted Bills' comments to mean that without political support (and the government subsidies) there would be no push for electric vehicles and Ford can't count on that support from Washington to continue.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/03/bill-ford-sounds-ev-retreat/
Ford also reminded us that EVs have been tried and failed before:"Prior to the Model T, a third of all vehicles in this country were electric… this isn’t a new technology. The reason it died away was the ubiquity of charging. Today, we have the same issue."
Wall Street Journal reported that Ford has no certainty that there will ever be an electric grid built that can support mass amounts of electric vehicles on the roads. "We’ve made a big bet on electric… but the pace at which that develops, I think anyone who can tell you that is lying."
One of the comments below the posting interpreted Bills' comments to mean that without political support (and the government subsidies) there would be no push for electric vehicles and Ford can't count on that support from Washington to continue.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/03/bill-ford-sounds-ev-retreat/