Toys............. One of my friends in Reva, is working on small EVs for kids between 3-12years of age. While he too wants to be an EV amnufacturer, he says his e-trikes for kids will educate the younger geenration, at a very early age, thereby helping in promoting EVs. He adds, when he starts a production plant for passenger EVs, there will be enough educated customers who will know the significance of EVs, just ot today's kids, but their parents too.
While that's sensible, it is time consuming too. There are lot of other automotive giants in India ready to invest on HEV technology. Prasad http://www.geocities.com/aquariangenius http://members.fortunecity.com/aquariangenius _____________________________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:50 AM Subject: Re: No more Ford Th!nk EV > Let's quit arguing about whether GM or anyone else can make a profit selling > EVs. We might as well admit that they can't readily make a profit ~next > quarter~ from them. > > That's the problem. We've managed to so twist our economic system round > that next quarter's profit is more important than anything else, including > such ethical issues as economic justice, financial propriety, and a little > matter of the long-term survival of the species. > > Barring a catastrophic change in the fuels situation, enclosed road EVs are > going to be marketed either through the intervention of an activist > government (pretty bloody unlikely any time soon in the US), or by an > unusually altruistic business concern (possibly a nonprofit organization). > The US's current business system and its system of government (which > sometimes seem like the same thing) are just too conservative to allow such > a radical change. > > That said, I believe there is room for EVs that don't attempt to compete > with mainstream transportation products. That's why E-bikes and scooters > are moderately successful. There was a bit of discussion here of a Star > Wars gadget based on an ICE Escort recently, and that's the other category > of vehicle that can succeed as an EV: toys. > > Maybe we can't get in by the front door, but it seems to me that we have yet > to really try the back and the side. > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Want to unsubscribe, stop the EV list mail while you're on vacation, or > switch to digest mode? See http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > 1991 Solectria Force 144vac > 1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc > 1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc > 1974 Avco New Idea rider 36vdc > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Thou shalt not send me any thing which says unto thee, "send this to all > thou knowest." Neither shalt thou send me any spam, lest I smite thee. > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >
