These folks have a rough road ahead. They're proposing a 3-wheeler, which immediately knocks down its potential market by probably 90%.
And it's not even the more efficient tadpole design, it's a 2-rear-wheel trike. It even has a 2-speed transaxle, unlike every other current EV. It's hard to imagine what they're thinking. Less weight, more efficiency, 120v charging, that's all good; but regrettably those attributes don't sell cars, or we'd be able to buy an Aptera today. The price -- if they even manage to keep it that low in production -- is just not realistic for what it is. For $25k you could buy a Mitsubishi Imiev and have $2k left over. More than that, actually, if you paid extra for the aircon in the Defiant (it's standard in the Mitsu). The Mitsu would give you room for one more passenger, a higher top speed (80mph vs 70mph), and I suspect a lot more comfort. Admittedly, you'd get a hair less pickup (12sec vs 13sec), and less range (65mi vs 80mi). Or you could add another 20% to the price, and have a Leaf or a Tesla 3. That's kind of a no-brainer. If this were 1999 or 2002, and there were essentially no other EVs on offer, this one might have a chance. Even today, if they could sell it for, say, $10-15k, they might have something. But at $25k, I just don't see this car pulling anybody off the Tesla Model 3 waiting list. 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)
