US Government too focused on Electric Vehicles

The U.S. government is going too far in backing electric vehicles at the cost of other advanced vehicle technologies, the CEO of a top supplier said today.

BorgWarner chairman and CEO Tim Manganello told the Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminars that policymakers were focused on electric vehicles “ignoring” other technologies.

“The U.S. government is going a bit too far in trying to dictate the powertrain technologies of the future,” Manganello told auto industry insiders. “It’s difficult to compete globally when governments try to pick the winning technologies and the direction changes from administration to administration.”

[Source & read more: The Detroit News]