On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:29:25 -0400, you wrote: >On 4 Oct 2002 at 11:21, mechelaere wrote: > >> I can indicate here in europe several EV EUROPEAN CARS at cheap prices >> (2000$-4000$) >> to start with and I am sure some owners or car manufactures would do >> probably a gift >> donation as they all want to get rid of these cars. Nobody wants them! >> > >How sad that nobody wants them. > >In the US, the auto manufacturers did not advertise EVs (or did so only >nominally). Instead, they carried out a campaign through the news media, to >inform possible EV customers that EVs are (allegedly) slow, odd-looking, and >impractical. In so doing, they insured EVs' failure in the marketplace. >Have the European auto manufacturers also done this? > >There are probably many people here in the US who would like to have one of >the European EVs, but the problems of importing one would be significant.
I also am interested in anything mechelaere can tell us about EV's in Europe and what qualities they have that make them not that desireable.
