I believe it is important to maintain the distinction because it will turn into a marketing and product differentiation nightmare.
If one makes the argument the volt is an ev because it say the volt it can drive 30 mi? all electric. What about a plug-in-hybrid that only goes 2 miles all electric, I wouldn't want an vehicle that goes 2 miles electric and then goes ICE to be considered an EV. As EVs become more mainstream, marketers and sales people will argue 'hey, forget about that $32,000 (B)EV and try out our $22,000 EV" (that is actually a Prius type vehicle that can operate in EV mode for short periods and isn't even a plug-in.) BEV's and Plug-in hybrids are different, and there is no reason to pretend otherwise. It can only be bad for public acceptance of BEV to call the volt or other hybrids EVs John Sent from my iPad On Mar 28, 2013, at 1:11 PM, damon henry <[email protected]> wrote: > I know that different people have different reasons for loving EV's. Some > think it is just cool technology, many feel it is a much better solution for > environmental reasons, others feel the energy independence EV's can provide a > country (or even an individual) is a compelling argument etc.. The Volt > seems to be a vehicle that falls in line with all those wishes and can be > driven as a pure EV so I fail to see why making the distinction is important. > Perhaps you are just a very detail oriented person and the simple fact that > there truly is a difference and that people are constantly getting it wrong > gets on your nerves. _______________________________________________ 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)
