In all the flurry of supposed Auto Company activity to "build
an electric car", it seems to be forgotten that we already HAD a successful electric car, way back in 1990,
1996, 1997, 2000.
To be credible, auto makers would have to at least acknowledge that the past EVs were successful; maybe think about
duplicating the most successful EV ever made, the Toyota RAV4-EV.
The Toyota RAV4-EV, sold only for 6 months in 2002, are almost all on the road, to this day, in the hands of private
party owners.
Only the TESLA Roadster, based on the EV1, has more EVs in the hands of owners.
Both RAV4-EV and Tesla have hundreds more than any Fuel Cell car (no fuel cell car is, or will be, owned; all are
million-dollar test drones, lease only).
Yet supposedly the EV was killed, in 2003, to make way for the fuel cell cars.
So it's ironic, the EV was killed to make room for fuel cells, and not one fuel cell is owned; yet the dead RAV4-EV
is still on the road, hundreds of them delivering fine service to their loving owners.
But no one has planned anything comparable to the RAV4-EV.
This 5-passenger hatch-back EV carries up to 1000 lbs. of tools, is durable, useful, over 120 miles range (150
in a pinch); its battery pack lasts longer than 100,000 miles, and its batteries can be reprocessed to make new
batteries without new metal or new mining. |