I have the impression that no matter how hard we argue here until we are blue in the face (and it will edify some and give a solid background about *why* they are called fool cells) it will not sway much of the compliance car that Toyota is building (or the battery swap that Tesla is doing), simply because this industry has put it into law that you can get credits for providing a zero-emission long range vehicle, which is seen as "required" by the lawmakers and only two variants are being offered / developed at the moment: Hydrogen refilling (no matter how clumsy and inefficient and lacking infrastructure) and battery swapping (no matter that only a single station needed to be demonstrated). There you have it, as far as I know that is the reason we see what we see. To change this, we better watch legislators more closely / lobby better and educate them where we can, so we can get rid of these monstrosities and focus on things that work, such as BEV and get those into mainstream with all the money available instead of wasting it on pipe-dreams.
Let me know if I am besides the point... Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mr23 via EV Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 4:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EVDL] Tell Toyota what you think of their Fool cell vehicle Bob, thanks for writing in about your effort and the response. It spurred me into action, I went there and submitted my thoughts on the Prius (I have an '02, and on the newest models), but more so on the FCV vs BEV debate. Perhaps many of us could sway them, eventually. Thanks again, -Chris On 4/23/2015 5:03 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > Earlier today, I got an email from Toyota promoting their Fool Cell > vehicle (with no reply address). > > So I went to the Toyota web site and found the CONTACT link and filled > out an on-line email telling them to stop throwing good money after > bad in last years ideas (Fool cells) and to come out with a > competitive Toyota BEV... > > IN less than 3 hours, I got a response: > > "We are sorry to hear of your concerns with Toyota's positioning of > the fuel cell vehicle. We respect your opinions regarding both > battery-electric vehicles and the FCV, and have documented your > comments at our National Headquarters, where they remain available for > review from the appropriate departments. It is through feedback such > as yours we are able to monitor and improve upon the quality of our > products and services." > > If they are actively sending out a broad reach advertising campaign > for their FCV, then they are also obviously open to feedback! > > Bob, WB4APR > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
