Why is it that the U.S. manufactures certain things and claim to be the 1st, and the inventor of it, when some of those particular items are already in use in other countries???
Latest example: On FoxNews they had a story where U.S. has now taken the idea of the Golf Cart and put it into cars. They claim to be the first maker of Electric Cars!!!!
Their cars needs a
6 hour overnight charge to run for 40 miles (about 65k's) and then they are flat! They also have a 1 Gallon tank of petrol to run a 1 litre motor in case your battery goes flat before you reach your 40 mile destination!!!!!
They say that the 'Electric car' will be ready for sale in 2010 (Chrysler I think), with Ford chasing them and also about to release an Electric Car in 2010.
Now, we all know that electric cars have been around since the 1950's. The Prius has been very popular around the world (and is more efficient than the U.S. one), the English have been using electric cars and Milk Vans successfully for over 20 years!!!
Why then, do the U.S. claim to have just now invented the Electric car????
It doesn't contain any 'new' technology either. Just a battery D.C. motor and a 1 litre engine.
