I agree completely, but thought that it was the opposite of shaming. They just thought that they were missing out on the new craze.
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Jul 25, 2020, at 1:48 PM, Willie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > >> On 7/25/20 11:02 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: >> >> Sure. Small cars don't sell well here. They never have. it's cultural. >> America is the land of the supersized. > > It wasn't foreordained. I see several factors that has led us, as a country, > astray. > > 1) At the top of the list is cheap oil. Cheap gasoline and diesel. Almost > certainly, a result of government policy. > > 2) Legacy auto makers have not wanted to make or sell small cars. Auto > makers make more profit on large cars than on small. I can not offer a > reason that that is so. > > 3) Very effective advertising targeted at a not very discriminating audience. > Many accept advertising premises without logical scrutiny. "Bigger is > better". "This year's model is an improvement over last year's because it is > bigger". Have you ever seen advertising such as: "This year's model is > better because it is more efficient (or smaller, or lighter)"? > > 4) A relatively poorly educated populace. Most college graduates have not > had a physics course. They don't understand energy flows in vehicle > operation. Of course, the poor education also ties into 3). Critical > thinking is relatively rare. > > But, I agree small cars are currently a hard sell in the USA. Refusing to > advertise is only one of Tesla's admirable policies. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
