Admittedly I don't read a lot of traditional media. But I do see a lot of EV-
related media. So I'm puzzled by your reference to lots of anti-EV rhetoric.
Where are you seeing it? I'm not. In fact, I see lots of positive things
everywhere about EVs. I also see people much better informed about them than
they ever have. And the awareness seems to be beyond just the "usual suspects."
Further, as I would have never imagined when I first started pushing EVs over
25 years ago, the movement towards EVs is going well beyond the light duty
niche.
I'm confident that they're here to stay, and in many flavors.
I think that these are good times for EVs.
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> On Nov 1, 2014, at 3:54 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>
> wrote:
>
> This is my observation about countering anti-EV rhetoric. If you find
> things are different where you are, I'd like to hear about it!
>
> Maybe 15-20 years ago, when I talked to people about EVs, most didn't know
> much about them. When I explained the state of the art (then), the most
> common reaction I got was that EVs were a good idea - for someone else. ("I
> couldn't deal with that limited range"). I almost never heard today's
> litany of anti-EV arguments from anyone.
>
> Today folks I talk to are much more informed about EVs. That makes for a
> classical "good news, bad news" situation.
>
> Some of them have generally positive views of EVs, though there still some
> misconceptions. A subset of those folks say they're considering an EV or
> PHV for their next vehicles. That's a really positive change. The idea
> that they might buy an EV wasn't even on their radar back in the day.
>
> On the other hand, some of the "informed" folks have clearly been
> deliberatly MISinformed. They've had their heads filled with anti-EV
> rhetoric by media. The media people in turn are paid (sponsored) by big-
> bucks interests who stand to someday lose a fraction of a percent of their
> petro-dollars income, or are otherwise "threatened" by EVs. (In some cases
> I don't doubt that they are literally paid to spread these views, given the
> ownership of some media conglomerates.)
>
> There's also a whole army of paid "astroturfers" who troll the online
> forums, and write to magazines and newspapers, to post anti-EV rhetoric.
> The same folks who pay them also pay anti-EV "experts" to appear on radio
> and television programs.
>
> But this is really no different from any other product today. Politicians
> and advertisers are really two ends of the same sausage. Their game is
> sowing discord and division. You're an Apple person or a Windows person, an
> IOS or an Android person, a Ford or a Chevy person, a Democrat or a
> Republican. Some of these "brands" demand more loyalty than others, but in
> every case there's an element of "you're either with us or you're against
> us." Drink the Kool-aid, drink it all, or get lost.
>
> Alas, that's just the way things are now; there's not much we can do to
> change it. It's the reason that it's become difficult (at least for me) to
> argue rationally with the anti-EV folks. They're all upstanding members of
> the anti-EV club. Their minds are made up, and they don't want to be
> bothered with the facts. I say don't waste your time on them. Instead,
> invest it in the folks who still have open minds about EVs. Thank goodness
> there are still some.
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> EVDL Administrator
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