True, new concepts take time to catch on. We who own EVs know these are unfounded fears.
I would be apprehensive of selling my car and moving to a big city and using mass transits because I've always lived in rural areas but many people get by just fine like that. Sent from my iPhone > On May 23, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >>> EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >>> Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not >>> reach me. 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