[Oeva-list] BYD Delays US & UK Sales

[patrick0101 at gmail.com]

I agree that directly bailing out the big three is not the way to go. In his
"While Detroit Slept" piece Thomas Friedman said that it is like bailing out
typewriters on the verge of the Internet.

Why not use incentives? They stimulates the market and incentives can be
used to mold consumer behavior. If we just give the money to the big three
they are going to keep doing the same thing. As soon as gas prices dropped,
sales of gas hogs jumped right back up.

I would like to be MPG based incentives in addition to plug-in incentives.
This seems more fair to me since it would not require the government to pick
the companies (old or new).  While at the same time it encourages innovation
and supports consumer choice.

Regards,
Pat
If you drive like there is no tomorrow, it may become self-fulfilling


On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:25 AM, <bob at research13.com> wrote:

> Rather than a bail out ICE producers, should our legislators spur on
> Tesla's sedans or other electric production in Oregon too?  What if we were
> building American Electric cars good enough to export to world?  Seems like
> we should write our increasingly green lawmakers and suggest that they
> support green automobile production in Oregon.  The pen is mightier than the
> sword.  I did not see that Jeff Merkley has his official contact through the
> Senatorial website yet, nor does his campaign website have a good contact
> option. Mekley campaigned as supporting environmentally friendly options and
> job creation.  I believe Senator Wyden's contact info is below:
>
> http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* patrick0101 at gmail.com [mailto:patrick0101 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 28, 2008 01:55 PM
> *To:* 'OEVA'
> *Subject:* [Oeva-list] BYD Delays US & UK Sales
>
>
> http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/12/27/chinas-byd-delays-european-and-us-sales-a-year-to-2011/
>
> I wonder if this will impact the Oregon PHEV pilot too.
>
> Regards,
> Pat
> If you drive like there is no tomorrow, it may become self-fulfilling
>
>
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