I think there is an opening for this niche light vehicle market. It just has to be taken with extreme measures.
If one could build that economic bullet-shaped Kevlar-Carbonfibre-Ceramic-nano-nano-nanotube car which would prevail on head-on collision with semi-truck... If it's light and beats the starts off from Model S crash test results. Then you get noticed and sales would be good. But as long as the tiny cars are associated to the furry-mobile on the Dumb and dumber movie.... No sale. -Jukka p.s.- don't shoot the messenger... http://www.google.com/profiles/jarviju#about 2015-09-29 14:56 GMT+03:00 Mark Abramowitz via EV <[email protected]>: > I think that's part of the reason. > > EV or not, you don't see a lot of demand for tiny, light cars either. Part > of the reason is safety, or perceived safety, part may be visibility, part > of it is comfort, and frankly, a lot of people just can't get into very > small cars. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 29, 2015, at 4:09 AM, paul dove via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Easy, > > The only people buying EVs now are early adopters. It's new and most > people are afraid of them. > > > > People who already had a lead EV, people who only buy the latest tech, > and green people, those are the customer base. > > Elon Musk said that he would go to high society dinners and functions > and see a Prius parked next to Mazarattis, Mercedes, and all sorts of other > expensive car. He said it is a shame that a green person with moneys only > choice is a Prius. > > So, he decided to make an electric car for them. Only he wanted the best > EV and the best car ever. So naturally it sold. He had a target market and > filled a void. He also got the lastest tech people as well. > > The rest of the auto makers are making EVs because the government makes > them so naturally they inferior. > > As far a a light efficient car,.... there is no market. Small cars have > never sold well unless they were cool like the Mini. > > Paul > > From: rayfellow via EV <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 11:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: The Big EV Debate> Go for Small or Big Battery > Pack? > > > > In 2012 I was helping Oliver Kuttner promote his VLC or Very Light Car. > It > > was very aerodynamic too (0.16 drag). His team won the X prize in 2008 - > > getting 108 or so MPG with fuel. The car he had in California was > electric. > > It had a 10KWh battery and would go 100 miles between charges - It > weighed > > under 1,000 pounds. I rode in the car some 50 miles or so, and was > impressed > > with the ride, comfort etc. It carried 4 passengers. > > > > About this time Tesla came out with their car - Big battery and heavy. I > > thought that the VLC would be as popular as the Tesla.. Boy was I wrong! > No > > one seemed impressed that the VLC would go a mile on 100wh vs the 300wh > for > > the Tesla. > > > > I thought that both would be well recieved. Alas the VLC still sits > waiting > > for traction. No one seems interested in it. I wondered why? The only > answer > > I can come up with is the cost of electricity is relitively cheap > compared > > to liquid fuel. The difference in per mile costs for an efficient EV vs a > > heavy user is still not all that much. > > > > I have pondered this. Maybe there are other reasons too - but seriously, > > none of the current EV's comes close to Aptera or VLC in efficency.. and > yet > > no one wants them. > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-The-Big-EV-Debate-Go-for-Small-or-Big-Battery-Pack-tp4677803p4677812.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 > > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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/20150929/ba73cc88/attachment.htm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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