But not matching the Tesla in one important (to me, anyway) respect - emissions.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 7, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Ben Goren via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Jun 7, 2015, at 9:46 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A Chevy Volt was designed >> just for this lady! > > Almost...but not quite. Never mind how older generations did just fine with > station wagons and even, in my own case, VW Bugs as "family cars," today's > suburbanites "need" an SUV for their kids. The Volt, rightly or worngly, > would be dismissed as impractical -- as would, to be fair, the Cruz as well. > > You're right that PHEVs may well be crucial in bridging the gap between ICE > and BEV cars. It's why I'm personally planning on not a BEV conversion for my > '64 1/2 Mustang but a PHEV one -- with the end result having roughly the same > driving range specs as the Volt and the performance specs of a Tesla P85D, > all in one of the most iconic vehicles ever made. > > There's also the _perceived_ price premium even for the Volt. If the Volt > cost as much more than the Cruz as, once upon a time, > automatic-transmission-equipped models cost more than ones with standard > transmissions, people would be much more interested in the car. As it is, > though, people see the Volt as a seriously overpriced Cruz with some > technogeek gewgaws that might be nifty but they really don't care that much > about. > > We're definitely there for many people, including many who don't realize that > we're there. But we're still a ways from being there for a majority, let > alone everybody. > > ...but not for long! > > 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/20150607/33b720b8/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) > > _______________________________________________ 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)
