[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0sCCJFkEbE[/youtube]
Cheeky jab at the Volt towards the end.
Cheeky jab at the Volt towards the end.
mwalsh said:Cheeky jab at the Volt towards the end.
FYI - GM has abandoned its trademark application for 'RANGE ANXIETY'trentr said:Oh wow, GM will be furious. I bet they will counter with their trademark "range anxiety" with a LEAF being stranded and then a Volt just keeps going and going using oil of course, but they won't say that. They will say "It is more than electric" and runs for more than 300 miles. :roll:
Word Mark RANGE ANXIETY
Goods and Services (ABANDONED) IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S: Promoting public awareness of electric vehicle capabilities
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 85078275
Filing Date July 6, 2010
Current Filing Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition October 19, 2010
Owner (APPLICANT) General Motors LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DELAWARE 300 Renaissance Center Detroit MICHIGAN 482653000
Attorney of Record Timothy G. Gorbatoff
Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD
Abandonment Date January 27, 2011
Unfortunately, once the initial demand is satisfied, the LEAF and Volt are going to be competing for the same customers. There would be little point in showing a normal vehicle, since a person considering a LEAF won't be trying to decide if they should buy a regular car. They'll be considering a Volt, or Prius, or maybe a Tesla.LEAFer said:EXCEPT , IMO, they should NOT be showing a VOLT at the gas station (which is capable of running almost exclusively on electric given the right commute pattern ) ... but just a normal ICE.
LEAFer said:Nissan: STOP bashing the Volt !
GM: STOP bashing the LEAF !
I have heard some call it a pacifier.LBCev said:Someone here called the Volt a gateway drug to pure electric driving and I think that this is true...
Myself and numerous other EV drivers / Plug In supporters made the Plug In America PSA videos possible by contributing services, time, money, creativity, etc...Plug In America: Imitation is So Flattering-Nissan's New Ad
Fri, 05/27/2011 - 1:07pm — Zan
Yes, we love Nissan's brilliant new Leaf ad! Especially because it looks SO much like our very own "Cell Phone" Public Service Announcement (PSA), distributed worldwide in November 2010.
Are we sayin' that one of the world's largest automakers, capable of hiring one of the world's largest advertising conglomerates, copied our PSA?
Nah. We're just sayin' maybe they got a few creative tips from Plug In America. Possibly? Probably?
We haven't talked to Nissan about it yet.
But why wouldn't they? What other group of folk as we have spent as much time driving electrics and extolling their virtues, and talking about them, and studying them (if virtually never repairing them, cuz you virtually don't need to)? Who knows more than we do?
And whose talented volunteers spent hours producing seven, count 'em, seven PSAs?
So we're happy if it's true, not just because imitation is the greatest form of you-know-the-rest.
But because Nissan has a much bigger marketing budget than Plug In America does. We say, go viral, "Gas Powered Everything."
And we say, go watch Nissan's cool new ad. Then tell your friends to watch our PSAs. Cuz we're all about letting the world know about cars that can drive on sunshine. And do.
Oh, and about that Volt thing in the ad? Jeff U'Ren, the six-time Emmy Award-winning editor who helped write and edited our PSAs, drives a Volt.
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