Oleg, it's simple, what I love about EV1? - the idea.. now, did people buy these cars? - yes.. was it expensive? - I wouldn't say so, they were $400-500 per month rental in 1996. did people drive them? - yes. did they like it? - yes. were they upset that cars were taken away from them? - very much.. did they just destroyed the cars because of the f failure? - no.. they destroyed them just to destroy them as there was no new research done, no new cars offered, they shifted production of ev1 to gasoline cars and started lay off of ev1 sales team with no other reason but "they don't produce them any more".

Vitaliy, you didn't impress me.. |-).. you see, I drive 8 cylinder BMW myself..

I didn't try to impress you...
Я просто хотел тебе сказать, что люди, которые работают, не очень переживают когда бензин поднимается на доллар....
А это круто.. Дорогая, наверное? ;)

а у меня есть велик,,,, без мотора конечно.... но если педали крутить то он едет....

а у меня есть велик,,,, без мотора конечно.... но если педали крутить то он едет....

BMW? :):):)

Oleg, I hope your research is going well. can you answer couple of questions regarding history of electric cars??
1) when the first electric car was made?
2) when gasoline cars killed electric cars market?

From two of Yulia's posts:
It is sheer stupidity that we send
$700 BILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR to people who may or may not be our
enemies, when there are solutions here in America. "
I drive 8 cylinder BMW myself..
No comments...

You could deduct from my posting that I summarized the fate of EV-1 by the statement about its unprofitability. 96/03.

Oleg, send me info on electric cars I can buy now, and I will if it meets my criteria. But if I don't support renewable energy industry every other way I and you and everyone else can we will never see electric cars that we want to buy.

" 96/03." - I knew you didn't know that.. first cars ever made were electric. first car was made in 1889. in 1930 Ford killed electric cars industry by mass producing cheaper gasoline cars.