: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:24 AM
To: ev@lists.evdl.org
Subject: [EVDL] OT: Change in automakers' direction ...
* Keep discussions EV related *
Sieving through all the newswires on plugins, one can foresee see some coming
trends, along with mis-information still being spend by automakers
Some bold statements you put out there for discussion.
I find it ironic that you chose to pick on Honda, as opposed to any of the
other automakers.
Growing up in Detroit, I remember Honda flipping the bird to the other auto
makers by not only meeting the infeasible new pollution control
On Jun 16, 2015, at 2:25 AM, Mark Abramowitz via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
I'm not understanding why you have a problem with Honda developing their line
based on consumer demand, or the most profit. Don't you understand that this
is how all the automakers compete, not to mention companies
I'm not understanding why you have a problem with Honda developing their
line based on consumer demand, or the most profit.
There is the problem. Our collective failure to understand that our maximum
approach to GREED and CONSUMPTION is simply unsustainable.
Maximizing Profit is pure greed
I won't argue with your fundamental principle, but certainly, of all the
automakers, Honda has been one of the most responsible, if not the most, of all
the automakers.
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On Jun 16, 2015, at 6:33 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
I'm not understanding
Sorry, didn't get a chance to finish.
You may be correct about EVs, but give it time - there's no turning back. The
cost delta is shrinking, and some great cars are being produced that raise the
bar - Tesla comes to mind. High cost, and maybe not as Musk had promised, but
no boxy car.
And
On 16 Jun 2015 at 6:52, Ben Goren via EV wrote:
Imagine if Ford made a ... 2017 electric Mustang ... The demand for
*that* EV would be instant..
I guess that depends on how you define demand.
You might indeed land some buyers. But you have to remember a salient
characteristic of most
On Jun 16, 2015, at 10:40 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV ev@lists.evdl.org
wrote:
Many of these guys actively LIKE -- deliberately PREFER -- the noise, stink,
and grime that their ICEVs produce. That may even be more important to them
than their actual performance. They really DO have
* Keep discussions EV related *
Sieving through all the newswires on plugins, one can foresee see some
coming trends, along with mis-information still being spend by automakers.
With the slightly less pump price$ ($4gal), the public has relaxed its
buying habits.
One might make the mistake of
