My opinions:
To stay relevant, the EV album needs to morph. I believe the audience is
changing. In the past, people have contributed and searched who were
primarily looking for a way to have an EV when nothing that suits them
was available commercially. That is still partially true.
In the future, I foresee a bigger segment of people converting antique
"old metal" into EVs. As battery technology improves, this will be more
and more practical with more flexibility on where to locate the battery,
or even how to retofit an old Tesla battery into something. I envision
people wanting to convert some of the land yachts from the 60's to BEV,
or even some of the older classics. I know this is already a part of the
album, but I think it will become the main part.
Perhaps not much needs to be done to make this happen. The biggest part
is to make the album more prominant in search results so that people
find it. This new wave of people probably won't search for "converting
car to EV" but more likely "restore classic car with electric motor".
At this point, I don't want to argue about whether pusher trailers, etc.
should be included. I think it's more important to make sure the
resource is relevant and functioning.
As a temporary fix to the feedback, would it be easy to add messaging in
the right places to encourage people to provide feedback via EVDL ?
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Mr. Sharkey via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: ev@lists.evdl.org
Cc: "Mr. Sharkey" <mrshar...@juno.com>
Sent: 29-Sep-19 7:52:41 PM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV Album Website
While I can see how it might be appealing to try and purify the EV Album to
only display BEV's, those calling for that action should consider the epic
amount of work you would be tossing at Mike Chancey. Every one of the 5400+
registered vehicles would need to be reviewed, and a value judgement passed on
each. Some might be simple, others not so much.
For instance, if you intend on excluding production EV's. Mike's own 2013 Leaf
would get the boot, ( http://www.evalbum.com/5091 ) as well as his Razor
electric scooter ( http://www.evalbum.com/1013 ).
But wait! If only BEV's are allowed, Mike's Honda Pusher trailer needs to get
the axe, also ( http://www.evalbum.com/753 ).
Mike's an understanding guy, he'll get over having to delete his own entries,
right? What about other users who have both production EV's and conversions?
Are they going to be as charitable?
What is being suggested is taking away from the album, rather than adding to it. In the
long picture, will this help or hurt the overall health and popularity of the album?
Unless there is an issue with server space, hosting costs, overall maintenance, etc, my
preference would be to perhaps allow those who have already registered
(production/hybrid) vehicles to maintain those album entries, while limiting the addition
of new ones that don't particularly meet the "new criteria". This might mean
that new entries have to pass a review/authorization process (again, lots of work).
I fully agree that Mike should be offered some assistance with the site no
matter how it moves forward in the future. I would perhaps be interested in
helping figure out how/why the feedback form isn't working. I do have some PHP
and database experience.
In the interest of full disclosure, I wouldn't be affected by the proposed
changes to the album:
http://www.evalbum.com/79
http://www.evalbum.com/91
http://www.evalbum.com/253
(much, that is)
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