April 16, 2012

Another Electric-Car Disaster Looms

Robert Bryce, National Review Online


reuters.com

Get ready for the next Solyndra. Sure, you’ve heard those words before. Over the past few months, several companies that had federal backing — Beacon Power, Range Fuels, and Ener1 — all failed. And another one is almost surely on the way. . .

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