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You'll have to explain that to me. What was the liability? Government regulation? Why was the trial considered a failure anyway?
by jswinghammer 16y ago
You'll have to explain that to me. What was the liability? Government regulation? Why was the trial considered a failure anyway?
- jonknee 16y agoI haven't read the contract, but what do you want to bet the paperwork people had to sign to get one of the EV1's excused GM from liability in the event the experimental car did something unexpected (say electrocution or a fire)? The last thing GM would have wanted is a couple hundred of its test fleet to get in the hands of the public. There was a known cost to destroying the failed product line and an unknown cost to support it going forward (not just liability but parts and service). They went down the fiscally sound path.
- phreanix 16y agoTo give it some credibility, here's mazda doing something similar. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120942873506551291.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120942873506551291.html