Sorry, messed up my previous message. The manufacturer offered a tow-behind trailer so the Prowler would have a useful trunk.
Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mike Nickerson > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 2:47 PM > To: 'Electric Vehicle Discussion List' > Subject: Re: [EVDL] IMO: EVLN: BMW ActiveE @Google product R&D lab in > Silicon Valley, CA > > I followed the Plymouth Prowler Wiki link below and was struck by a couple > of things. First, I think the Prowler was considered a fairly successful, albeit > niche car at the time. That was despite a base price (in 1997 > dollars) of $38K or more and volume sales per year that never exceeded 4000 > units with a total installed base of 11,702 units. Also, it had so many > compromises that the manufacturer offered a tow-behind trailer so it could > offer some sort of trailer. > > Compare this to the electric car models that people are trying to claim have > not been successful. > > Nissan Leaf - $33K - 9,679 US units sold in 2011; more than 46,000 units > worldwide. > Chevy Volt - $40K - more than 47,000 units worldwide Tesla Roadster - $109K > - more than 2400 units worldwide Tesla Model S - $57K+ - 1500 units > delivered from June 1, 2012 through November 2012. > > All those numbers seem right in line for niche automobiles that are trying to > break into the mainstream. As more of them become available, they will > slowly become much more than a niche. > > Mike > > > After gleaning EV items out of the Automotive sales teams magazines > > for quite a while, one of the big sales types asked what I was doing. > > After explaining to him all my hard work to provide that printed > > information in electronic form to the evdl, he smiled with a smirk, and > walked off. > > He had seen my Blazer at the various Health/Transportation fairs/shows > that > > I had been invited to attend at the various hp/agilent/outside-company > sites, > > so he knew I was committed to the EV cause. > > > > At one of the shows, this one held at the Sunnyvale site, where my > > Blazer was positioned up on the grassy lawn area for people to gaze at > > while they munched their lunch, he drove his then new roadster up and > > parked it nearby and killed the ice with the typical rev it up high > > and then turn > the > > ignition off (that was an unnecessary even back then, but it was a way > > for hot-rod'r-wannaabees to get their attention-fix). > > > > I complemented him on his new ride > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Prowler > > He was all smiles and tried to give me a dig with ' ... you won't see > > that > much > > power in an electric car ...". I told him about the new Electric drag > racing > > group being formed http://www.nedra.com/about_us.html > > He looked at me in disbelief, though I had told him I could show him > pictures. > > He walked off because he could not best this EVangel :-) > > > > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders > > wherever you are > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
