On 17 Jan 2016 at 19:48, lektwik via EV wrote: > The technology you manage to put together in your "niche" car won't > even come close to what Tesla (and other automakers) are capable of.
Probably not, but after more thought, I'm not so sure any more that that really matters much after all. The people who'll buy his cars aren't likely to ever drive them anywhere near the limit. It's probably enough for the cars to look fast and feel fast and - especially - COST fast. I'm guessing that the most important features are the price tag, and the fact that a guy making a quarter of the buyer's eight-figure salary won't be able to get one. The fact that it's an EV is just another source of image for the customer. That would make it appropriate for a big bucks financier to buy for his "environmentally conscious" mistress, for example. I see where Jack's coming from about not having much time to think this over. The time to do something like this was really 5-10 years ago, when production EVs were essentially unavailable. OTOH, Jack's business advisors probably wouldn't have even thought of suggesting an EV back then. It's easy for us to be cynical about this kind of enterprise. Probably very few of us ever have any significant contact with the world of Jack's customers (or want to). But there's a whole niche market devoted to selling ultra-luxurious-high-end stuff, and not just cars, to people who have more money coming in than they can ever possibly spend. These are the kind of folks who will drop a few tens of millions on a daughter's wedding, for example, or hire a caterer-planner for a 70-person birthday party at $6-10k per guest. What you sell them has to doesn't have to actually be all that good, though that's a nice side benefit. It does have to LOOK good, and be exclusive and expensive. For many reasons, I could never do what Jack is trying to do, but I wish him luck in it. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ 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)
