By the way, just to insert my 2 cents on the topic at hand: Whether or not you agree with his views, you should _certainly_ allow the Ford engineer space in the forum to present his opinions and commentary. If they're massively wrong, you'll give all the members a chance to refute his claims in a public, archived forum. If nothing else, he will help provide more food for thought on the subject at hand - and surely the person who designs or helps design a system has as much room on a mailing list as one who drives it. I would be *delighted* to hear from more 'pro' EV designers on the EVDL.
S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce EVangel Parmenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:06 PM Subject: OT: INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE AND ENORMOUSLY MORE COMPLICATED > My non EV List duties had me POST to the Think_EV and > Ranger-EV discussion groups a message from a Ford R&D > Engineer who works with Ford Think. > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/think_ev/message/1547 > > I point this out, not to have your vote (it does not apply > to the EVList), but to make you aware of his comments. > > Correct me if I am wrong, but hasn't all automaker 'future > technology' statements, supposed to be that those future > technologies are the fix, the God-send, the panacea, the > savior of the earth ... > (vs the EV which can't be sold and does not go around the > world on one charge). > > Yet he POSTs to make them work is a pain in the butt. One > wonders how much it will take to maintain one, once one > finally gets one. > > Now this POST will open a can-o-worms, so be sure their is > an OT in the subject for those that want to filter out > non-EV List charter POSTs. > > > > > ===== > ' ____ > ~/__|o\__ > '@----- @'---(= > . http://geocities.com/brucedp > . EV List Editor & RE newswires > . (originator of the above EV ascci art) > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Yahoo! - We Remember > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute >
