The current economic recession that is taking over the planet could see the story of the electric car turn from a fairytale comeback into a haunting curse, as car makers and automobile industry is experiencing its worst period ever in 25 years. With companies like GM standing in queue for a bailout, it seems that the green cars line-up that is being lead by the Volt might roll back from their scheduled deadline in 2010.

2011 Chevrolet Volt production show car

GM's 2011 Chevrolet Volt production show car

It was in the beginning of last century that fossil fuel put the electric car out of business and into museums and it seems that almost exactly 100 years down the line the revival will be killed by economic downfall.

The curse of the electric car seems to be haunting the greener vehicle as marquee projects such as GM’s Volt could be put on hold if the congress decides not to bail the automobile industry out of the present cash crisis. GM has put everything behind the Volt and so have many other companies with their smaller electric cars scheduled to hit the roads in next few years.

While some see the crisis as a potential plague for electric cars, others believe that this would force automobile industry to quickly and completely go green. In fact, some experts claim that the current situation would have never cropped up if car makers switched to greener alternatives 10 years earlier, when the first signs in that direction were clearly out on view.

Irrespective of Congress’ decision and the status of cars like Volt, one hopes that this time around, the electric cars are here to stay as the ailing planet desperately needs them. Meanwhile, should we just let Detroit go down?

Source: Reuters

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