On 7 Oct 2002 at 10:53, 1sclunn wrote: > As a EV want to be builder I am always asked how fast will it go first.
Yep, me too. I've had gasburners tell me that because my Force will barely break 60, I'm driving a dangerous vehicle. The usual mantra is "Around here you get run over if you drive the speed limit." Well, gang, I refuse to waste energy. I drive the speed limit no matter what I'm driving. I stay in the slow lane. I get passed. So what? So do the slow trucks. In rush hour, which I admit I detest and try to avoid, I'm going so much slower than the average speed that most drivers see me (or they see the SUVs streaming around me) long before they get to me. While I do get tailgaters now and then, usually because they are waiting impatiently to get to their exits, most give me a wide berth. If I tell the gasburners who complain about my car's top speed that there are plenty of fast EVs, they'll find some other reason that EVs are "no good." They're really just making excuses. I could show them an EV that reached 100mph, achieved 60mph in 7 seconds, and ran 250 miles on a charge, and it wouldn't be good enough for most of them. Face it, there are gasburners that we're never going to win over (at least not without more effort than it's worth). Some of them are just not sufficiently evolved, and they actually ~enjoy~ making noise and pollution. They ~like~ the idea that their vehicles can crush small cars and kill their passengers. We can't do anything about these people, except wait for natural selection to do its work. <g> Others aren't opposed to EVs; they think EVs are a great idea for the other guy. But they are soft and pampered, and unwilling to give up anything for the sake of the future, theirs or their kids'. You can't even get them out of their SUVs and vans and into mid-size gas hogs, much less into EVs. We can write these people off, too. That leaves a few well-educated people who are good EV candidates. They are the ones buying hybrids, the bone which the automakers have thrown them. Many of them could probably be switched to EVs in the right circumstances. Unless they're forced to switch, probably by legislation, the rest aren't likely to budge until they absolutely have to. I'm afraid "ciivilization" is just gonna keep going like this until the oil is gone. But you might want to start thinking about anti-theft devices for your EV, for the day when a lot of people ~really~ want one, and can't get one. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 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. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
