On 8 Jan 2019 at 13:15, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > I wonder if the USA is the wrong market for the Tango. Many other > countries do not have our preconceived notions of what a car "must" look like.
I think you're right, to some extent. Europe and Asia are both more open to unconventional vehicle designs. I doubt that we'll ever see anything like the Renault Twizy, for example, in US auto showrooms. However, it's a modest seller in Europe, Asia (at least in South Korea), and the Middle East. But then the Twizy costs Eur 10k+, not Eur 100k+. It's also seen as a fun car, economical, and environmentally friendly. Europeans especially seem to be more willing to pay for those factors than Americans. It helps too that their safety standards are more flexible, and they don't have the preponderance of gigantic SUVs and pickups that we have here. (IMO, despite often aggressive and impatient other drivers, driving any tiny car on European roads is less stressful than driving one here.) David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
