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Reply #27: "Too fuckin' late" is Detroit was building viable electric cars back in the 1920's. [View All]

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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 11:08 PM
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27. "Too fuckin' late" is Detroit was building viable electric cars back in the 1920's.
Then they threw them over for internal combustion cars. Rather than work a little harder developing the technology, they took the easy way out. So we're essentially ninety years behind the times. I can't believe every time I go out and start up my car, I'm using 120 year-old technology. I thought capitalism was supposed to be about innovation, visionary advancement and daring developmental business practices...
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