I'm with Tom at least partly on this one. If we can get more EVs on the road that's all that ultimately matters. If they want to be snobs about it I will ignore it knowing full well that they are not really the avante guarde. I didn't start driving an EV to be cool anyway (although it feels nice when someone tells me that). It just seemed like the right thing to do.
I myself have had a mix of interactions with owners of manufactured EVs. Some have turned their noses up a bit. The ones who know me personally have admitted that driving my "lead sled" took a lot more vision than they had. One friend even went out and bought a Leaf after seeing mine and says I was his inspiration. Bring on more EVs! Peter Flipsen Jr Hillsboro, OR On Aug 30, 2015 10:41 AM, "David Nelson via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe send them to http://www.straubel.com/ and have them follow the > links at the bottom of the page. > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 10:39 AM, David Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150830/57335c76/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
