I do not like it either that, like other automakers, Honda is only doing
what they 'have-to' (following the letter of the mandate/regs/law) to be
able to sell the more profitable ice.
IMO some of the blame goes to the way the CARB mandate/regs are written,
and the decision making of that board (they like h2fcvs, etc.). It could
have been done better.
Currently, Honda is selling the Fit EV, manufactured in small hand-made
quantities. That keeps their production costs down, rather than the more
expensive commitment to an actual production line like what Nissan did.
Ford did a half split by taking a portion of their focus ice off the
production line before their get ice installed (pros: cost savings,
cons: still a retrofitted ice). This might have worked for Ford but they
fumbled the sales and flubbed on the design (dealers did/do not want to
sell EVs, and the Focus EV has no L3 charging, multiple driving-modes,
etc.).
I am praying that each one of the compliance car EVs is only an interim
stage, and that automakers will eventually get on-board.
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On Thu, Feb 6, 2014, at 09:31 AM, Marcus Reddish wrote:
> They are motivated by profit. ICE = $$$
>
> Electric cars have a much slimmer margin. EV = $
>
> Sounds like EV1 all over again...
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Mark Abramowitz
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> > On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:51 AM, Bob Bath <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Honda has always limited supply with new models to hype demand.
> >
> > How would this hype demand?
> >
> > More likely, as happened with you, people move on to something else.
> >
> > My guess is that they do this because they are such a conservative
> > company, and don't like to see new models sitting on the lots.
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