The story below barely mentions Nissan's American BEV, or battery, manufacturing efforts.
It is good news, I suppose, that whenever a story about the "risky" or "impractical" nature of the BEV industry is published, the writers seem to avoid the fact that the current producer of the majority of EVs sold worldwide, Nissan, is moving along on right on schedule, toward large-scale mass production, In the US.
"The Obama administration has poured roughly $5 billion in taxpayer funds into the electric-car industry, offering incentives to manufacturers, their suppliers and even car buyers who might want to go green.
But analysts say the risk is rising that taxpayers in many cases will not see a return on their money soon, if ever. Instead, they warn that some federally subsidized companies could be forced to shut down in coming months...
Obama predicted in 2008 that green cars would create thousands of new U.S. jobs as demand soared. But in recent months, production lines and sales expectations have been dramatically scaled back..."
