BS: More Failed Trickle Down Economics?

Subject: RE: BS: More Failed Trickle Down Economics?
From: NicoleC
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 12:27 PM

Carol, you'll be happy to know that the california Fuel Cell Partnership has been working on fuel cell vehicles for a while. I used to work down the street from them, and the test vehicles drove around all the time. It's a consortium of all the major auto manufacturers, who pay for most of it, but the next major source of funding is the state of CA. And the federal government kicks in a fair amount, too -- or at least they did. I'm not sure if that got cut with all the other Bush anti-fuel-efficient cuts.

That includes a few mini-scooter type cars like an fuel cell upgrade of the Honda EV, Ford Focus, and a Daimler Chrysler mini car that looks like those Samrt Cars they sell in Europe. But GM has a minivan in the works, Hyundai has a fuel cell Sante Fe SUV, Nissan and Toyoto also have SUVs (Xterra and Hghlander), and Volkswagon, of course, if the only one with a sensible sedan.

They're coming...