New entry into the electric car frenzy--Shelby.

Here's another entry into the electric car free for all that's on the horizon.

If the specs hold up (in regards to the charging time and range), this could be the next evolution of vehicles.

Bragging by electric car companies is at a fever pitch, but none of them have truly delivered.

I suspect what we're hearing is entrepreneur-speak--ignoring the obstacles, costs, and problems in favor of the promise.

We'll see.

If we could just get an electric car that has at least a 200 mile range, can be charged in less than 45 minutes, that costs less than $30,000, and that can reach 80 miles an hour, then we'll be in the game.

Much of the shift to electric cars depends on energy storage and fast-charging capabilities. Without those two variables nailed down, electric cars will remain out of reach for the buying public.

GM asks taxpayers for some of what the banks got. HELL NO!

Holy crap! I'm getting a sense of deja vu from General Motors' cries for taxpayer help in the form of a government bailout.

U.S. car companies have had decades to change to leaner companies with better and more fuel efficient cars that consumers would buy, but did they do the smart thing?

Hell no.

Instead they hitched their wagon to bigger cars and refused to look around the corner at the coming oil shortage and the alternative energy push.

Should we bail them out? Hell No!

Of course the economy will take a hit. Of course workers will suffer.

Those are the consequences of poor management decisions over decades and consumers who've bought into the whole Hummer/SUV/Land Rover phenomenon.

Whose fault is it that U.S. auto manufacturing has shed jobs affecting the whole economy? It's management's fault. They could have made better, more forward-looking cars that people wanted, but they chose to maximize present profit at the expense of future viability. That's poor management and the cost of these bad practices should not be externalized to the rest of us. The free market should deal with this, not the U.S. taxpayer.

Let them fail. Maybe the actual threat of failure will provide the necessary impetus for them to do what they should've done all along...being a real American company. Americans are in front of the market instead of being behind the curve and getting hammered by excess and inertia.

GM's timing is highly suspicious. They stood back and watched what happened with the bank bailout. Now, their hands' are out. They're hoping a lame duck Bush will help before Obama takes office.