I'm a bit more optimistic. I know Koch Bros are ramping up their stint.
However, there are some big differences between this time and the last
time. First, the majority of the population believes global warming is
caused by CO2 and other gasses we're adding to the atmosphere and that
we need to do something to reduce that effect. The other big difference
is we have Tesla who is ramping up production and planning to introduce
their "cheap" 200 mile range car. If the other automakers don't have
parity, they will lose that market share. We're not at the hump in
mainstream adoption so I'm not concerned about the people who expect to
buy a 200 mile range EV for $15K. I'm concerned about the still
relatively early adopters who will pay $30K and I am pretty certain
those people aren't listening to Koch & Koch. There are other factors,
too, not the least of which is that the price of oil could come back up
just as rapidly as it went down.
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "brucedp5 via EV" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 10-Mar-16 12:12:04 PM
Subject: [EVDL] EVLN status ... EV-news-drought ... We've been spoiled
...
In my previous evdl posts:
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-status-feast-or-famine-gt-sign-of-the-times-td4679110.html
EVLN status ... feast or famine> sign of the times
Dec 08, 2015
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/OT-EVLN-EV-newswire-status-td4676627.html
OT: EVLN EV newswire status ...
Jul 05, 2015
I explained how much time I spend trying to find, then spend time
reformatting & cleaning up the text, and then adding related links to
the
news items I post.
I also mentioned that IMO there was a change coming in how many (juicy,
interesting) EV news items that would be released, as well as an
increase in
the anti-EV dark-forces out there trying to subvert the EV-competition
to
ice-sales and petrol-consumption.
Well, that time is here. It is more than the million$ the Koch Brothers
have
pumped into the anti-EV campaign, the drop in oil prices to try to sell
off
as much as possible and get the public to go back to buying SUV
gas-guzzlers, and more than the ever-stronger rump style of
insane-thinking
going on during the days before the coming U.S. election.
We have had it so-good for a very long time, but those heydays are
over.
Some have been cynical, and some have complained of topics they see,
but
lets stay grounded and remember because of this EV-news drought is as
severe
as the CA-water-drought, there is going to be some scraping of the
barrel to
get any items of the interest caliber of the past (2010-2014).
Meantime, not unlike the CA-residents who now have pretty much gotten
past
their complaining over having brown lawns (no watering), neighbors
complaining of their water use to wash their cars, etc., the plugin
community will have to endure the current good-EV-news drought we are
are
going through.
Yes, there is currently a lot of noise being made from some automakers
of
what is coming years from now, but it is all fluff and puff until they
do
start producing what they 'say' they will.
There are also distractions going on, like all the mad damage-control
effort
from VW, and now Volvo has released many news copy items that if you
read
into them, they are pushing what GM wanted: that all EV-makers switch
to
using combo css couplers as a '1-size fits all' EVSE standard. While
this is
a topic that needs addressing, the way Volvo is doing it, it much more
of
-pr- push for them, again with years away from them producing that EV.
Something that has not come up yet in the news, but may also have a
delaying
affect on EV sales, is the now current transition toward 200mi, and
lots of
talk about 300+mi range EVs. To the EV-noob(layman) they may be holding
their breath until these come out, and when they do, they will want
them to
be cheaper than the cheapest ice (Tesla/champagne taste on a
golfcart/beer
budget).
The first of the year is over yet I have not seen any automaker effort
to
garner CARB credits by selling EVs. Perhaps, once the elections are
over,
and automakers know if they will have another another GW in office that
will
undo,dismantle all the CARB-mandate sales restrictions, or (hopefully)
not.
Then automakers will repeat selling, leasing their compliance cars, and
those news items touting-same will flood once again.
I had mentioned in the past how from time to time the news items were
colored with key words so that someone searching for EV items (like me)
would find fcv or cng items, etc. That type of news-bombing (diluting &
polluting) has begun again. I am also seeing misleading headlines, just
to
read in the body text that it is an anti-EV spew (Koch dollars at
work).
Perhaps my efforts to use some of the space with non-U.S. EV activities
(e-tuk-tuk, e-rickshaw, lEVs & nEVs in China, etc.) might seem to some
like
just filler. I am hoping that it shows that outside the U.S. there is
still
hope for the EV-cause. Though they may not have the income nor roads to
be
able to purchase $30+k EVs, their desire to wean away from
oil-headaches is
there. Also keeping mind that the evdl has readers that are non-U.S.,
where
the evdl provides EV news they have difficulty accessing from their
country
(Internet access is not the same everywhere).
Plus, much of the DIY, conversion news items I find are not coming from
the
U.S., but are being performed in countries where EVs are still
relatively
new and hard to get.
So, there may also be another level to the EV-cause: those that only
want to
read what they can buy here, now, today (production EVs); and those
that can
see a bigger picture of others doing their EV-cause part with what
income
and EV sources they have.
As always I ask for you comments, views, and ideas on these EVLN posts
I
make. Since I touched on OT subjects, please have your responses follow
the
evdl charter, and restrict your OT posts.
For EVLN EV-newswire posts use:
http://evdl.org/evln/
{brucedp.150m.com}
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