In Salt Lake City, we usually refer to the area as "The Inter-Mountain West".
Bill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce EVangel Parmenter Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 1:15 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Damiler BMW Denver is not considered part of the term Midwest http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Map_of_USA_Midwest.svg you might have been thinking of one of the other land-grabs/purchases the U.S. did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States ' ... The region consists of 12 states in the north-central and north-eastern United States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin ...' The term Midwest might seem like a misnomer to anyone outside the U.S., but it was used when that region was west of the the original colonies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_territorial_growth_1775.svg Portions of today's midwest were ceded from there, as well as parts were from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase (IMO - instead of Midwest is should be called Midnorth) {brucedp.150m.com} - On Wed, Feb 27, 2013, at 11:03 AM, Byron James wrote: > Midwest where?? I live in Denver and EVs are everywhere. > > On Feb 27, 2013, at 10:50 AM, Lee Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2/27/2013 10:08 AM, damon henry wrote: > >> You know your rhetoric was relevant up until a couple of years ago > >> but if you look around now you can see that OEMs are actually > >> building production EV's that you can own. > > > > You have to remember that Wayne and I live in the midwest; far away from > > the east and west coasts. Maybe *you* see EVs every day, but we don't > > (except the ones we built)! > > > > My local Chevy dealer has no Volts, and has no intention of ever getting > > any. Same for Nissan and the Leaf. Ford has none of their EVs, there are > > no Tesla dealers even remotely close, etc. Toyota doesn't even offer > > their plug-in Prius. > > > > It's wonderful to see that people who live in the right places now have the opportunity to buy an EV. It's a start! But the "revolution" still hasn't arrived for the rest of us. If I want an EV, I *still* have to build it myself. - -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
