A couple days ago I was at a higher end grocery store and I was yakking at a store employee about EVs. He is interested in EVs, but I try not to talk too long to him because everyone is on camera and I don't want our chats to get him in trouble. So, I keep it short n sweet.
He mentioned a couple info points. One was he had seen Nissan Leaf TV ads on the morning news (SF Bay area, either Channel 4 or 5). I had already posted about that Nissan is now doing more advertizing of the leaf http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-2013-Nissan-Leaf-TV-Ad-Selling-Electric-Car-Fun-Finally-video-tp4661980.html EVLN: 2013 Nissan Leaf TV Ad Selling Electric-Car Fun, Finally! (video) so he saw the TV ads I have been hoping to see (I do not watch that much TV as I usually have my nose searching to root out EV newswires). He also mentioned that he did not know that the Volt was not an Electric Car. We had a few sentences about that where I let him quote was the Volt ads told him, and then I gently let him know: the Volt has an engine, it burns gas when it thinks it is needed, an EV does not burn gas, the Volt is a plug in hybrid (I did not get into the nitty-gritty of what type of pih - he is not there, ... yet). This tells me, though he is interested, perhaps more than most people about plugins, his information comes from the befuddled media that has left him with a jumble of convoluted confusion. ? It is any wonder no ones knows anything about EVs ? Later, I was over at a local Hospital parking structure and while I was admiring the two iMiev EVs their security gets to toot around in, all the people going right by them have no idea that they are Electric. Those people that were coming back from an appointment that had body-language that said to me I might be able to ask them a quickie question, I asked if they knew those were Electric. They did not. One woman said, "and I walked right by them when I went in. Hmm, that is interesting ... so these are out now? ..." I knew I would not be able to give her the whole spiel, so I answered with yes and a nice EVgrin smile. Later, I thought, so OK, we have already cajoled and prodded Automakers to do more plugin advertizing. And they seem to just be starting to do more. But what can Jane and Joe Q Public do on their own to get the message across that the public now has a choice in what they drive? I thought OK how many ice are driving around with signage on the sides of their vehicle advertising this or that? Even though I may not be driving an EV at this moment, does not mean I can not use my available vehicle body space to advertize for the EV-cause. I was thinking along the lines of one of those soft plastic signs that have magnets in them so that they are easy to affix to a vehicle, and can be removed if needed. One vendor I found is http://www.esigns.com/magnetic-signs/ What do people think of the idea, and what the wording should be? Example sign: Electric Vehicles are on sale now: Nissan Leaf, Mishubishi iMiev, Ford Focus, Honda Fit, Tesla-S, +more. Go take a test drive and try one out. There are plenty of public charging available, see recargo.com Your comments and views are requested. {brucedp.150m.com} -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are _______________________________________________ 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)
