Obama Scales Back Overly Ambitious Goals for Electric Car Use
In a 2009 executive order, the president had called for 1 million plug-in vehicles on the road by 2015, but poor sales and lower gas prices have intervened...President Barack Obama's long-standing goal to have a fully fuel-efficient government fleet and 1 million plug-in vehicles on the road will not be met.With little fanfare, the president in March scaled back the ambitious goals laid out in 2009 that sought the million units on the road by 2015 as it became clear that technology and consumer interest were not keeping pace with his ideals.
Flashback 2012: Climate Depot’s report: Electric/Hybrid car industry loses power in the face of market reality and lack of consumer demand - Washington Post on Chevy Volt: 'The basic theory— if you build them, customers will come — was a myth. And an expensive one, at that'
