On 7 Sep 2016 at 1:14, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > Sparrow's Polish cousin seeks U.S. sales ...
Bruce doesn't usually look for responses to his "Nabble only" news posts, but this one caught my eye. The SAM has been around in more or less prototype form for several years now and I remember being pretty impressed when I first heard of it in ~2002. Back then, there wasn't a whole lot to choose from in the factory EV world. Things are quite different now. At the $12-14k price (even with Poland's presumably cheaper labor), and with its limitations, I think it'll have a tough haul against, for example, the much more capable Mitsubishi Imiev. With incentives, the Mitsu is within hailing distance of the SAM's price. Much depends of course on whether the SAM qualifies for the full $7.5k tax credit. But then there are all those amazingly cheap used Leaves. (Those won't last if fuel prices make a big jump, however.) BTW, you probably didn't mean it literally, but to be clear, the SAM isn't the Sparrow's Polish cousin. It's not related in any way to the Corbin Sparrow or to any of the Sparrow's later "reboots." The cars are totally different in almost every way. Most notably, the SAM is a 2-place car and the Sparrow is a one-seater. The only things they have in common is that both are EVs and both are tadpole trikes. 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)
