On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 1:54 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 13 Dec 2014 at 12:48, Ed Blackmond via EV wrote: > > > I did like the Honda EVPlus better. It did have 100 mile real world > > range which lasted without noticeable degradation for six years. > > IMO, the EV Plus was a rather well developed EV. I'll go you one better. I think the EVPlus was a more impressive engineering feat than the EV1. The EV1 got lots of press because it was new and different, and became an icon for EVs everywhere. But it had its limitations, just like any specialty car. That just added to the "character" and panache of the EV experience. The EVPlus was an exceptionally refined and well-executed do-it-all family car (which is a far tougher design challenge), which just happened to be electric. Its electricness was about as invisible as it could be. As David goes on to say, Honda did all the bad stuff that GM did. But because the EV1 was the icon, it got all the press. I still won't buy a Honda until they build a pure EV and market it like they want to sell it. Back to the point. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but it seems to me that there's > something disturbing going on with the deliberate destruction of these > limited-production EVs. I know, the manufacturers don't want to have to > support them, but I think it goes beyond that. > I think part of it is that the auto industry is run by "car guys", and a big part of that mentality is intertwined with the ICE. Honda in particular sees itself as an engine company. EVs are seen as a threat to the status quo. Among true-blooded ICE-heads, there seems to still be a visceral hatred > toward EVs. They just love to (both figuratively and literally) trash EVs, > and to watch and read and hear others trash them. It's not surprising, I > guess, but it's still a little unsettling. > Sadly, the masses aren't very good at accepting anything different from what they already know. Anything in society that becomes institutionalized is exceedingly difficult to supplant, no matter how much sense it makes. "This is the way we've always done it. Why should we change?" Are we really surprised that some will take their resistance to the extreme of religious zeal or cultural hatred? Face it. There are still plenty among us who are an embarrassment to the species. Some will never get it. It is true that attitudes are changing, but generally attitudes die hard (sometimes only with the death of the host), so we just need to keep showing what the future could be. Besides, slow acceptance is probably more thorough and long-lasting acceptance. Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141214/828b46b1/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)
