I'm not sure I agree... I think that everything has its limits and it's fine to admit and respect them.
Let me ask you, if your boss, the day of the " must-have-for-trade-show parts" asks you to pick up 20 bags of cement, and it would grossly overload the springs of your care, would you say Yes of course, or No my car cannot take that kind of weight? Rush Tucson AZ > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Chris Tromley via EV > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 12:04 PM > To: Ben Goren; Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Hand-wringing EV angst is not a real problem > > FWIW, I still remember the day a week before a trade show when something went > FUBAR on must-have-for-trade-show parts. I ended up driving over 80 miles before > lunch. It does happen, and I don't want to be making excuses for my EV. > > I'm thinking the public will be OK with 150 miles and happy with 200. > > Chris > On Nov 18, 2014 1:37 PM, "Ben Goren via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > On Nov 18, 2014, at 3:49 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > > Range anxiety is often cited as one of the major reasons battery > > > electric vehicles have yet to take off in the mass market. But does > > > it actually > > exist > > > in practice? > > > > That friend of mine whom I mentioned a week or three ago is, I think, > > a typical example of how range anxiety expresses itself. > > > > Best I can tell, he's the ideal example of somebody who'd be happiest > > with one of today's freeway-capable production electric vehicles. More > > than enough range for what he actually drives, plus all of the other > > advantages the rest of the choir here knows so well. > > > > But he's worried that there might be some random emergency with the > > wife or kids or parents that has him driving all over creation on no > > notice when he's already at work and thus used up a quarter of his range. > > > > I don't think he's ever actually _had_ such an emergency that a > > typical electric vehicle would be unable to handle...but the fear remains. > > > > I think 200 might be the magic number for my friend and people like him. > > Most people are going to think of that as a 100=mile radius, and think > > of that as more than enough "Murphy factor" to not have to worry. Only > > those with insane commutes are going to think of that as not being enough. > > > > Reality doesn't necessarily play much of a role in these sorts of > > decisions. I could suggest that, for the once-a-decade time (if that) > > my friend actually needs to make that sort of an emergency excursion > > he could easily hire a cab, and it wouldn't matter. "It's better to > > have it and not need it than need it and not have it" is the mentality at work. > > > > b& > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was > > scrubbed... > > Name: signature.asc > > Type: application/pgp-signature > > Size: 801 bytes > > Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail > > URL: < > > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141118/dc2 > > 3c8be/attachment.pgp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev- > evdl.org/attachments/20141118/38c953c3/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) _______________________________________________ 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)
