Friday, June 5, 2009
Leave it to the former, non-Italian Chrysler to try tell us they'll have a fully-functioning electric car company many years ago, and come out with a glorified golf cart that has huge insurance costs per lack of any safety features that supposedly cost billions to develop, called GEM. Top speed? 25 MPH. Range? 40 miles. By then, nobody wants them because of their final design, and Chrysler loses money. This is one reason why the brilliant management of Chrysler failed to work. I've seen one of these vehicles after many years on the market, and I've seen over ten Smart cars since March.
Another reason this new company, Global Electric Motorcars, never took off was because they were not marketed at all. I've seen one official dealership In southern Wisconsin, but in all my trips I've not seen another nor have I seen more than one car from that company. There were no commercials, no newspaper ads. But for a website and a link to it from the Chrysler website, it was as if Global Electric Motors did not exist. This is why GEM doesn't work
One the bright side, they have a performance option that boosts horsepower to seven and an option of doors!
