I see factory EV's and home-built EV's filling different niches. If you commute the inner beltway, having your car break down is not an option in 6 lanes of chaos. Plus the commuter wants the latest in safety and technology. Thus the "commuter" is likely to favor the latest factory EV over building one themselves from an older car. Meanwhile, the home-built EV is likely to be the 2nd or 3rd car in the driveway, a car built "for fun" from an older platform, whether it be hot rod, custom, or classic.
The typical future EV owner will commute in a Volt (in electric mode) while converting an EV Camaro in the garage. Cheers, Marcus On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Rick Beebe <[email protected]> wrote: > You're welcome. I do understand how I'm adding to the coffers of the > motor industry. > > I didn't mention that I have tended to have one new car as the daily > commuter and then some older ones for other uses. I have a 1997 Mazda > Miata for fun--although that will be sold this Spring. And a 1998 Ford > Ranger that was converted to an EV in 2007 with lead-acid that I am > re-converting to liFEpo4. > > --Rick > > On 02/11/2014 04:44 AM, Martin WINLOW wrote: > > Hi Rick, > > > > Thanks for taking the trouble to type all that. Interestingly, what > > I get from it is your essay is that it is as good a pitch for making > > your own EV that I have ever heard! > > > > The fundamental problem with your history of 'electric' cars is that > > until the ED you were driving hybrids. I know that for many people, > > owning one, relatively short range, car is just not workable but you > > have been completely relying on the motor industry to come up with > > something that works for you *and* them... and they just aren't > > interested in upsetting their cash cow ie the ICE. If you 'roll your > > own' you can make it do what you want. > > > > If you are a true EVer - and there are many reasons why you might > > want to be one (I suffer from them all; engineering efficiency, two > > fingers to Big Oil, improving international security, saving our > > armed forces from unnecessary wars (and our economies from the cost), > > a peaceful driving experience, reducing my driving costs, improving > > the local environment and, yes, 'saving the planet' - yay!) - driving > > a hybrid just isn't good enough. Sure, I have suffered for my 'art'! > > I can understand that others might not want to, especially if you > > have others still who rely on you for reliable transport ie kids > > etc. > > > > I am glad the ED is so cheap for you in the US. In Europe it is > > completely the opposite and despite contacting 3 Smart dealers > > recently when I was considering buying one, I got absolutely > > no-where. Utterly dismal - hence why I currently drive an i-miev. > > > > Regards, MW. > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -- Marcus Reddish -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140211/9745cf2c/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)
