Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-08 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
The first part of this is off topic, but I'll eventually bring it back to EVs, so hang on. Many folks here probably know about the part that IBM played in early PCs, but some may not realize that IBM was pretty late to the small computer party. The IBM PC didn't hit the market until the summ

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-08 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: On Mar 8, 2017, at 10:57 AM, John Lussmyer via EV wrote: On Wed Mar 08 09:58:47 PST 2017 ev@lists.evdl.org said: There I agree 100%. There's a reason that IBM, Remington Rand, and Burroughs weren't the ones who developed the first practical personal computers.

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-08 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
On Mar 8, 2017, at 10:57 AM, John Lussmyer via EV wrote: > > On Wed Mar 08 09:58:47 PST 2017 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >> There I agree 100%. There's a reason that IBM, Remington Rand, and >> Burroughs weren't the ones who developed the first practical personal >> computers. > > You mean, like th

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-08 Thread paul dove via EV
My point was that it may not be political at all or have anything to do will oil. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 8, 2017, at 11:58 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV > wrote: > >> On 8 Mar 2017 at 6:50, paul dove via EV wrote: >> >> To me it is quite understandable why automobile manufacturers do n

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-08 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
w how successful Microsoft was becoming selling DOS for these machines that they changed their tune. Peri -- Original Message -- From: "John Lussmyer via EV" To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" ; "EVDL Administrator" Cc: Sent: 08-Mar-17 10:57:59 AM Su

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-08 Thread Gail Lucas via EV
Right on David. When I became concerned about air quality Las Vegas was one of the most polluted cities in the country, in the worst 3%. The EPA and local Health District implemented regulations on wood burning fireplaces, vehicle emissions and dust from construction sites. We can now see our m

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-08 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Wed Mar 08 09:58:47 PST 2017 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >There I agree 100%. There's a reason that IBM, Remington Rand, and >Burroughs weren't the ones who developed the first practical personal >computers. You mean, like the IBM PC? :-) -- Worlds only All Electric F-250 truck! http://john.c

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-08 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 8 Mar 2017 at 6:50, paul dove via EV wrote: > To me it is quite understandable why automobile manufacturers do not want to > make electric vehicles. If I have a company making something I wouldn't want > to government to tell me I had to make something else. Of course! Nobody wants to be told

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-08 Thread paul dove via EV
To me it is quite understandable why automobile manufacturers do not want to make electric vehicles. If I have a company making something I wouldn't want to government to tell me I had to make something else. I think new companies need to start up making electric vehicles and just let Detroit sl

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-07 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Michael Ross via EV wrote: i just listened to a podcast about GM going completely into hydrogen fuel cells (head of development interview) instead of EV's. Considering that H2 is a byproduct of natural gas production it all fits together nicely, the underground fuel industries like H2, the petrol

Re: [EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-07 Thread Michael Ross via EV
i just listened to a podcast about GM going completely into hydrogen fuel cells (head of development interview) instead of EV's. Considering that H2 is a byproduct of natural gas production it all fits together nicely, the underground fuel industries like H2, the petroleum fueling services like it,

[EVDL] Chelsea Sexton on NPR talks about EV's

2017-03-07 Thread Rush Dougherty via EV
'Aww shucks, we tried, but those consumers just don't want electric cars' Here is a frank and motivated discussion about the future of EV's under our new president. http://www.npr.org/2017/03/07/518956871/how-administration-regs-could-affect-the -future-of-the-electric-car If you support EV's