Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
I really wish someone would sell and service a safe "neighborhood"
vehicle. Something that holds 2 people, has a high safety rating on
streets up to 30mph, and has a range of, say, 30 miles.
So do I. It would cover 90% of my driving needs. I've had to build my
own EVs for decades. They are OK for me; but I can't hope to compete
with the level of fit and finish of a professionally designed vehicle.
I guess the demand just isn't here.
As has been said many times, "demand" is a strange thing. The US
carmakers respond to what their customers want -- and their customers
are the *dealers*, not the end users. *Dealers* want big flashy
feature-loaded high-profit vehicles!
The dealers are only indirectly affected by what consumers want. Many of
us have had the experience of going into a dealership looking for
something small and simple, and being aggressively pushed toward a much
bigger and more expensive model. Where I live in the midwest, the dealer
lots are filled with big SUVs and monster pickups... no EVs, no small
cars. Maybe a hybrid or two, hidden way in the back of the lot.
Then there are the ads. They are classic works of fantasy and fiction,
all emotion and illusion. Vehicles doing things you'll never do, in
places you'll never drive. No information whatsoever on how practical
the vehicle would be for YOU. The whole point is to convince you to buy
something you don't need that the vehicle can't deliver.
Announcer: Awesome cornering!
Tiny text: (Driven by professional driver on closed road)
Announcer: World-class off-road performance!
Tiny text: (Off-road driving will void warranty)
Lee
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is
nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint Exupery
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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