On 11 Jul 2020 at 11:22, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > It is gratifying for me to read about areas of the country where EVs > really are catching on, and becoming accepted and commonplace. But it's > still like the 1990's here.
Sorry to keep rehashing this, but this is one of the big EV differences between the US and western Europe (Italy excepted). My most recent experience is in France, where you see decent numbers of EVs in the big cities, and fewer in the rural areas there. So far, so similar, and no surprise. But the difference in the dealer treatment seems stark. I've read online EV forums from there, and although I've seen service department gripes, I have yet to hear of anyone being shooed away from an EV purchase by a dealer. Nor was that my experience. When I was in rural France last autumn, I stopped by a Renault dealer in a town of about 11,000 people. They had two Zoes sitting out in front of the showroom, keeping company with the Clios and Capturs on offer. So I walked in and asked a salesman what it would cost to buy one. He took me over to his desk and wrote up a bid on the spot. He didn't try to shove me into one of their specially-priced Meganes, or convince me that I didn't really want an EV. He even included a fairly respectable discount from list price, without my even asking for one. I think that's the other reason, besides serious efforts from governments, that EV sales are growing rapidly in Europe. The dealers stock them and sell them. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants. Instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change. -- FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
