Executive Says Bad Dealings With Fed Are Setting Back EV Technology

While established, high-volume auto makers are pressing ahead with EV rollouts – Ford will launch three this year – startup niche players are burning out. And valuable technology is being lost, critics charge.

“(U.S. government) misrepresentations, delays and dithering and bad-faith dealings will definitely compromise the trend toward electrification, but just in this country,” says Mike Donoughe, former chief operating officer of Bright Automotive.

 

chewy - 3/29/2012 2:54:59 AM

+2 Boost

I don't think they would have sold an IC version without government money, there is more to a vehicle than its motor. You have to get the chassis and everything else up to par. That's not the same as writing an App for a phone.