Re: No more Ford Th!nk EV - The Clues Were There All Along [Long]

["David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <dr@drmm.net>]

On 30 Aug 2002 at 13:48, Ralph Merwin wrote:

> I keep reading about Ford needing to have the car for two days to do
> this maintenance.  It's as if they're trying to kill off their own
> product!  (Oh, wait.  They just did...)

It's also worth pointing out that Pivco, which had some financial and 
engineering weaknesses, didn't have anything close to Ford's reported 
problems with the nicads in their Citibees.  There was some trouble with
undercharging, and that's about all AFAIK.  

I doubt that Ford would deliberately sabotage them, but they might have 
stopped trying very hard to solve any problems that arose.

Let's hope for a buyer for Think -- one who actually has some commitment and
environmental ethics.


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