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IRS should cancel tax credits on gas guzzler "hybrids"

Um, plenty of motorcycles out there allowed to be on the roads - the government couldn't possibly consider a Samurai safer than a Kawasaki.

I think the real problem is that ZAP got their 10 year exclusive distributorship before fuel prices went through the roof and everybody suddenly fell out of love with the SUV. At the time Smart probably figured they would be lucky to sell a thousand vehicles a year in the US. If Smart hadn't signed that deal and was looking to come into the US market today, their expectations would be far different and they would never have agreed to that deal.

Ted

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Ted Mittelstaedt
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That's a little too conspiratorial for me. The manufacturer has to submit cars for testing, which is too expensive if Daimler thinks it won't sell in the US. I doubt that the testing agency would ever refuse to test a car from a major manufacturer.

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dold

I remember them un-fondly from a few years ago, when I was thinking of getting an electric motorcycle. But, they are in the news again today.

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