They can provide the needed economic incentives. They can help build the infrastructure. They can eliminate regulatory, tax and trade obstacles to innovation. And they can help educate consumers about environmental concerns. Environmental concerns are only one of the factors that go into a consumer's decision to buy an automobile.
Consumers are smart.
In other words, consumers seem to recognize the environmental-compatibility and the good fuel performance of the cars and trucks they are buying. Yet the sales of that vehicle were minimal, particularly in comparison to other vehicles offered by GM or any other manufacturer. The EV1 is another case in point. Four years ago, GM brought the country's first commercially available mass-produced electric vehicle to market in California and Arizona. Consumers love to test drive it.