Maybe you need to educate them about the history of Tesla’s chief technology officer, JB Straubel. It might surprise some Tesla owners.
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 9:19 AM, tomw via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > /"I was a little offended when Bruce implied Tesla owners are snobby. I am > certainly not nor or other Tesla owning EVDLers..."/ > > A few years ago I was participating in the local club's display of EVs. I > stepped up to two Tesla S owners talking just as one asked the other if he > had ever dropped down from a local mountain summit. He had not. I chimed in > that I had, and they gave me a look of disdain and turned away. Last year I > was at a get together with some people I used to work with. A VP was > proudly discussing his Tesla S when a friend mentioned my converted EV. > Again the look of disdain, that my friend would even mention such a vehicle > in the same conversation. Not all are that haughty, I know a couple who are > not, but many more I have met are. Some Leaf owners similarly look down on > converted vehicles as not "real" EVs. When I mentioned I had a converted > car to a new local club member he asked disdainfully, "What's it got, lead > acid batteries?" with the seeming implication it was useless. When I > explained it had lithium cells and about the same range as a Leaf, he > started talking to another Leaf owner nearby to change the subject. > > My impression is that the new manufactured EV owners like to think they are > the avant-guarde. The above club member referred to himself as a "pioneer". > All those earlier EVs don't count, even though some commuted daily for years > in those "lead acid" vehicles, showed that limited range electric vehicles > could be very useful, and provided quite a bit of learning. > > If that's what it takes to get people to buy EVs, that's fine. I just don't > feel like attempting to interact with them anymore. I no longer participate > in the local EV club, and if someone asks if my car is electric, I simply > respond "yes", and continue on about my business. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVs-Here-There-and-Everywhere-tp4677348p4677375.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > 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) > -- David D. Nelson http://evalbum.com/1328 http://www.levforum.com _______________________________________________ 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)
