Well said. I applaud GM for giving leadership in the Volt. And grumpy ol'd grudge laiden people unwilling to try anything new just hold us all back. Bob
-----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Collin Kidder via EV Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 11:37 AM To: Chris Tromley; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] HOW GM BEATS TESLA TO THE Every Man's Electric Car I agree. In addition, corporations, like people, go through phases. I'm sure many people would not want to be judged by how they were 20 or 30 years ago. You changed, you're a different person now than you were then. Corporations also get new leaders every so often and their direction can change. If the Bolt is a good car and everything they say it is then supporting it would not be evil. If you support the good things that a company does that tells them that they should keep doing those things. It's like feeding a shark as you said. Or, like giving a dog a cookie for doing what you wanted them to do. Positive reinforcement works. Yes, many people have long memories but nobody benefits from a grudge. At some point it pays to give a company a second chance if they appear to now be doing the right thing. In GM's case they would only be doing the right thing as a last resort and while dragging their feet the whole time. But, let's not validate their hesitance. On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Chris Tromley via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > It's important to remember that corporations aren't people. They're > more like sharks looking for food. You can't train a shark, but you > can have some control over it if you control its food supply. > > If it goes somewhere that is beneficial, like manufacturing EVs, make > sure there's a good supply of food for it there. If there isn't it'll > go elsewhere. > > I really like Hondas, but I despise their approach to EVs. They did > the same evil things to the EV+ that GM did to the EV1, but got no bad > press for it. The EV1 was the poster child for EVs back then. > > So I refuse to buy a Honda until they change their ways, and I let > them know about it. In my own small way I'm trying to control their > food supply. Same with Toyota. > > If the Bolt is a genuine entry into the EV market and not a compliance > car, I don't care what GM did in the past. A shark has no memory. > > Chris > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160112/84 > 3d8cfe/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag > racing at 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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
