On Fri, 22 Mar 2013, EVDL Administrator wrote: > On 21 Mar 2013 at 1:18, brucedp5 wrote: > > > A Ford rep shows up with the Focus electric. He cautions that with a full > > charge the car has a real-world range of about sixty miles. oeBasically you > > have to get comfortable with being almost out of gas all the time, he says. > > My goodness, what an auspicious opening. </sarcasm> > > Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, I remember - California > folks reporting that they were told when inquiring about the GM EV1, "You > don't want that car." >
In October of 1997 when Honda made the EVPlus available at a dealer in Silicon Valley, I called and left a message for the saleman that I was "interested in leasing the EVPlus electric car and would like to come in tonight to sign the paperwork." We exchanged a few messages to make an appointment. When I showed up that night, I had to listen to a 45 minute speech about the lifestyle changes I would have to make to accomodate the limited range of the electric car. I leased on anyway. The only lifestyle change I had to make was not stopping for gas anymore (at least until they took the car back six years later). Now with my 2011 Leaf with 21,000+ miles I've had to make the same lifestyle changes again. Honestly, I can't understand why anybody would want to stop for gas. Ed _______________________________________________ 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)
