Over the past few years, General Motors has made some efforts to atone for its past sins, real or perceived.  When we interviewed Mark Reuss, president of GM North America, he was candid about the way the company was operated in the past.  After enduring withering criticism from the media for “killing” the electric car when it halted the EV1 program, then crushed most of the cars, GM created the Chevrolet Volt, which is now the best-selling electric car (depending on your definition of an electric car, of course).  Now, might GM be trying to rectify a wrong that it was alleged to have done not recently, but as many as 60 years ago.  I’m referring to the allegation that GM purchased municipal streetcar lines across the country, shut them down, and happily sold buses and cars to folks in those cities instead.

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