I put on an Alternative Vehicle show at my employer each year. At first, it was all conversions. In the last couple years, it has become about 1/3 conversions and 2/3 production EVs. Some of the engineers have specifically commented that they would like to see more conversions. That is hard when they are being taken out of service or moving out of the valley and few people are building new ones.
Mike On August 30, 2015 6:15:02 PM MDT, Cor van de Water via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >Sounds like "Burned EVangelist Syndrome". It is not about you or your >EV, >people who behave like that *are* the problem, so don't take their >monkey, >it is not your problem. >Please don't get discouraged from talking about your EV to others >because a few are having a problem... > >Cor van de Water >Chief Scientist >Proxim Wireless > >office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water >XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info >www.proxim.com > > >This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential >and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you >received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. > Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part >of this message is prohibited. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tomw via EV >Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 9:19 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [EVDL] [SPAM?] Re: EVs Here, There and Everywhere > >/"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) > >_______________________________________________ >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)
