On 21 Apr 2022 at 17:06, Willie via EV wrote: > He does deserve some small amount of the blame. But, consider the > situation:
I didn't mean to denigrate Ovshinsky, or to put too much blame on him. He accomplished a great deal. I can't find it now, so I might be remembering incorrectly, but I'm pretty sure I've read a quotation from him - his own words - that indicated he was later rueful about his own naivete in dealing with GM. This may be it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_R._Ovshinsky "Sales of GM-Ovonics batteries were later taken over by GM manager and critic of CARB John Williams, leading Ovshinsky to wonder whether his decision to sell to GM had been naive." The Wiki reference for that statement is to Shnayerson's book "The Car That Could." I may have read it there originally. Regrettably I can't get my hands on that book right now to check. GM's control of NiMH was a major setback for EVs, that's for sure. I won't forgive them either. > I think "trickery" is far too gentle a word to describe GM. Immoral. > Dishonest. Other terms solicited. I agree. I was trying to keep it clean. The word I was really thinking of also ends with ery, but starts with F. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = First Law of Bicycling: No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
