On 13 May 2015 at 22:31, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > a certain percentage of the market will never be happy with EVs until > they are "just like ICEs".
I hate to say it, and I'm vulnerable to "citation needed," but I'd have to estimate that percentage at around 90 percent. :-\ Especially here in the US, vehicle buyers have outsize expectations. They want their vehicles to handle >any< situation, from commuting to hauling lumber and furniture. Their habit is thus to buy vehicles that are grossly oversized and overpowered for their routine needs. It's also common for buyers to increase the vehicle size with every new vehicle purchase. Presumably that's why automakers typically increase the size of each model with every redesign. Unless they're forced to by circumstances or legislation, these consumers are not going to pay the same or more for a product that does less. That's just normal consumer behavior. Personally, I'm open to more limited EVs, and probably many others on the EVDL are too. But let's face it, we're not "normal" vehicle consumers. Barring a major disruption in the market, EVs will have limited success with real world vehicle buyers until they match the capability of ICEVs, feature for feature. The only way round that is through low cost "niche" EVs which don't engender comparisons with ICEVs. This is why e-bikes have been successful. They cost less than cars, trucks, and motorcycles, and they supplement these larger and more capable vehicles rather than trying to replace them. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ 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)
