There is nothing wrong with what he said as it really is true. Most cars that I own register Empty on the gas guage and turn on a light when there is 50 - 60 miles worth of gas left. If you are driving a car that only has that much range to begin with it is exactly like driving a car that is perpetually almost out of gas.
damon > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:13:09 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: One week with a Ford Focus Electric > > 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) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130322/45ab67c7/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
