The Electric Car Boondoggle: Why the Chevy Volt and Others Will Fail
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- Created on Thursday, 19 April 2012 08:22
Ford CEO Alan Mulally spilled the beans on a closely guarded secret earlier this week: the battery in the new Ford Focus EV (electric) costs between $12,000 and $15,000, which is about one-third the cost of the car itself. This is only the start of the electric car boondoggle, an issue that's been hijacked by radical environmentalist liberals. Since President Obama took office, the notion of alternative energy has been at the forefront of his agenda (see Solyndra). It's pushed by the Sierra Club, NRDC and GreenPeace, all Democrat front groups. Ford has sold zero Focus electrics in the last two months, proving this isn't an area for government intervention. Electric cars are distraction; merely a Band-Aid on the larger issue, which is the supply of oil and where it comes from.