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Originally Posted by ErectMedia
Canadian Volt drivers should probably foot 99.9% of it.
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It's not a real electric car.
I was kind of amazed that Tesla could do it. And Nissan could make the "Leaf" electric car as well.
And then the best Detroit could come up with was the Chevy Volt. I was in amazement that with all their infrastructure and history...they couldn't even make an electric car.
I would almost bet the farm that the unions have a lot to do with that. Union workers who "specialize" in the making of combustible engine cars would lose their jobs with the much simpler electric cars.
And the ones that didn't lose their jobs would have to be re-trained.
Think about it: No more need for people to build or install a transmission for instance. Or a starter motor. Or a hundred other things that are not required for an EV.
Detroit is fucked. That's why the U.S. auto industry isn't dominating the world like it should.
Don't get me wrong...it's still pretty damn dominant, which is a testament to the industry. But if they weren't shackled by unions and state govt. over regulating and taxing them...I believe that the Detroit auto industry would OWN the world again.
And that would bring new (different) jobs to Detroit with good wages. Just like it does in South Carolina, Tennessee, and other states where foreign car manufacturers have built plants free of Unions and brought good paying jobs to their areas.