Why won't GM innovate?
One mechanic retrofits a Hummer to get 60 mpg, while GM sits on its hands.
The could do all this stuff if they wanted to. The technology has been there forever. They make 90 percent of the components I use. I've just been messing around and seeing what I can do.

- Convert 1/3 of the passenger fleet to standard diesel. This would require little alterations to existing assembly lines and would result in a dramatic reduction of oil consumption — 1.4 million barrel per day, exactly what we import from Saudi Arabia.
- Then introduce diesel hybrids. A simple battery pack that he developed using again standard auto parts, allows a driver to use almost no gas for in-town driving.
- Then, when hydrogen gas is more readily available, launch twin-fuel engines that integrate the hydrogen injection technology.
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