It's difficult for us EV enthusiasts to know what the rest of the world
thinks. So I went and asked three non EV people their opionions. These
are moderately affluent people who are married and own two cars per
household. I'll present their stories here but won't try to interpret
their meanings too much.
I posed the question like this: Suppose one of your cars broke down and
you decided it wasn't worth fixing. You're going to buy a new car. Why
would or would not you choose an electric vehicle?
1. I'd probably choose a gas car. Don't I have to install some sort of
charging system at home? That might be difficult. And are there enough
charging stations around? I don't know if I would need to charge while
driving places. Of course, my wife hardly drives a few miles each day,
she would never run out of charge.
2. I hear that Tesla is coming out with a 200 mile range EV for around
$40K in a few years. I think I'd rather wait for that rather than buy a
car that doesn't really fit my needs.
3. To buy an EV, I spend more and get less car. With my gas car, I
don't have to plan ahead. If I need to go a long distance, I just go.
(Me: what about using your wife's car?) Well, she might be using it to
go a longer distance at the same time.
I could have asked more questions and led the discussions but I more or
less just left it. In the last case, it's evident that renting a car or
using a service like car2go for the rare cases where both people need to
go "long" distances either seemed too inconvenient or wasn't considered.
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Paul Dove via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
Sent: 20-May-15 4:28:29 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] FW: Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars Sales
Better? It's the battery.
Well I am sorry he got annoyed and left but I still disagree. All we
are seeing is the adoption curve. Any new technology takes time to be
mass accepted. Before the lithium battery electric vehicles were a
novelty. Now they are here to stay.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 20, 2015, at 1:45 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
On 19 May 2015 at 22:52, jerry freedomev via EV wrote:
Hi Arak and all, Well you did say that since EV's didn't fit 30% of
the
population needs it wasn't good on an EV list kind of should expect
blowback.
Well said Jerry, but Arak isn't listening. Thus challenged, he got
indignant
and unsubscribed. :-(
Let us not forget the immortal Fidonet Principles:
Thou shalt not be too annoying.
Thou shalt not be too easily annoyed.
I'm sympathetic with some of his points, though. Most of us here
don't
think EVs have to manage all the missions and trips that ICEVs can,
but
we're not normal vehicle buyers. The average person is not going to
pay an
ICEV price for a car that does less and covers fewer of his
transporation
needs than an ICEV does. That's just normal, rational consumer
behavior.
To really take off, EVs that look and cost like ICEVs have to work
like
ICEVs. EVs that don't, don't. Hint, hint.
David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator
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