[Lazarus]

Originally Posted by trikkonceptz

If an effort to establish a more efficient route I also changed gas stations. I went from BP to Texaco. I am on my first tank, so I can't wait to see what my car does with it.

Anyhow, at the Texaco pump I noticed it said now with Techron, which is the additive that Chevron uses. Does that mean that one has bought the other out? And now I can use my Chevron card @ Texaco?

They merged about 8 years ago.

Chevron helped kill the electric car.

California's 1990 ZEV mandate forced GM and other auto makers to produce Battery Electric cars such as the GM EV1. GM purchased control of the patents from the inventor, Stan and the late Iris Ovshinsky, in 1994 forming "GM Ovonics" under the guise of going into production with the EV1. But GM's Andy Card had been fighting Electric cars for years, and GM's true intention became apparent when on Oct. 10, 2000, GM agreed to sell their control of the EV batteries to Texaco. Less than a week later, on Oct. 16, 2000, only days after Texaco acquired control of the batteries, Chevron agreed to purchase Texaco in a $100 billion merger. Chevron announced the merger even though the GM sale of the batteries to what would become Chevron did not close until July 17, 2000. Perhaps Chevron wanted this sale to be announced prior to the merger so it would not look like Chevron (formerly Standard Oil of California) worked directly with GM. > >>