mwalsh said:#3 - how about much less for EVs rather than "somewhat less", at least in terms of overall costs.
mwalsh said:#3 - how about much less for EVs rather than "somewhat less", at least in terms of overall costs.
DaveinOlyWA said:two things;
inability to recognize true cost/benefit of operation/driving EVs
Big Oil perpetuating myths concerning EV Myths
smkettner said:Range is the reason. Need 150+ EPA miles. The rest is just noise.
LeftieBiker said:smkettner said:Range is the reason. Need 150+ EPA miles. The rest is just noise.
Not so much "range" as "range anxiety." A 150 mile EV would just have people worrying about that 200 mile hypothetical trip they might make. Hybrids and PHEVs are doing well because once people understand that they won't stop dead and strand them (as long as they have gas in them) they like the idea. Given that it takes a lot of effort just to get most people to understand how a PHEV works, getting them to make lifestyle changes for an EV seems pretty daunting...
Maybe we need a new ad campaign, for the Leaf and most other EVs: "The Perfect Second Car"
donald said:Early adopters
donald said:Until the technology is stable, the reliability is understood, and the dealers actually want to sell these things, you will not see mainstream uptake. Fix these three things, and it will be a different outlook.
WetEV said:Most of the buyers of electrics to date can be characterized as Innovators. You being an exception, of course.
TomT said:I believe that we are now moving in to the Early Adopter phase...
WetEV said:Most of the buyers of electrics to date can be characterized as Innovators. You being an exception, of course.
mbender said:At some point, probably after 2016, when EVs become both cheaper and a bit less partisan, both price (TCO) and generic patriotism should and hopefully will be used to propel industry-wide sales of EVs to new heights. Hopefully growing environmental concerns across the general populace (and political spectrum) will provide a valuable third-place "global" reason to the above two (more "myopic") motivations.
Right now, enough people are just not aware of the prices (plural) that continued dependence and use of petroleum cost, both personally, nationally, and globally. With sales doubling every year though, there's little doubt that we are just a few years into perhaps a two-decade complete transition to electric passenger vehicles. And then (ideally), trucks, boats and planes will follow suit!
In short, I'd say that habit and "obliviousness" are what's holding back sales, and those will both change as more and more of us are out there driving. And talking. ;-)
LeftieBiker said:Never say never. Think of a ground-launch system for battery planes that is similar to the steam-powered ones on aircraft carriers.
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