> The blantant lies of Ford and GM that "no one wants EVs" are, IMHO, their > biggest vulnerability. ... that could be used as leverage to pry open > the lie... perhaps a legal action would be useful
Not really intending to flame the EV list, but has anyone actually considered the automaker's point of view? I would propose to take all names on all the waiting lists, all the internet petitions, what have you and add them up. Then double it for margin of error (a very liberal one). Does this even add up to one months' production of any ICE car? My position is that if you sold an EV to absolutely everyone that wanted one, it wouldn't amount to enough to be worth a months' production run. Be realistic, they don't build ICE's in low numbers either. Hard to believe, but not *everyone* wants an EV. It's a niche automobile, with a demand limited to what a few custom shops and home converters can meet. I for one, believe the various EV programs truly were cancelled due to low demand. Compare the number of requests for EV's to the number of those who want a livingroom on wheels. They build what people will actually buy, not what a vocal minority "demands". If anything's going to happen on a large OEM scale, it will only happen through a huge upsurge in the custom/small converter market, or what their demographics reveal as trends. Industry has no conscience, it responds to profit margins and regulations. Unless you can convince them through one or the other that they need to build EV's, you'd better get used to the idea of building or buying a conversion. Mark Brueggemann Albuquerque, NM [EMAIL PROTECTED] S-10 EV
