[EVDL] FW: Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars Sales Better? It's the battery.

2015-05-19 Thread Arak Leatham via EV
is the adoption curve. All new technology takes time to catch on. Everyone I have let drive my car said, oh, this is just like a car. 1 out of ten go out and buy one after driving one. In my experience Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Arak Leatham via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote

Re: [EVDL] OSV Tabby

2015-05-19 Thread Arak Leatham via EV
(Opps, mis-replied initially, sorry Ron) It's hard to say what these guys are up to. There was another called the OS Car Project. Hopefully they are not the same kind of effort. I put some design effort into the OS Car Project a few years back. It was a problem at that time of leadership. It

Re: [EVDL] Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars Sales Better? It's the battery.

2015-05-19 Thread Arak Leatham via EV
Not stupid at all. You just resent the facts presented in the case. If you want EV's to succeed, you need to face what potential customers think. Solve their issues, and whalla, Success! Stupid or not, those are your customers. The article just simply laid out their thinking. Arak

Re: [EVDL] FW: Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars Sales Better? It's the battery.

2015-05-19 Thread Arak Leatham via EV
or electricity. --Rick On 05/19/2015 01:05 PM, Arak Leatham via EV wrote: I admit I'm not sure how that plays out for everyone. I had the decision myself recently, I drive 42 miles each way. I had to balance out a moderate credit score and a super tight budget, and monthly costs