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Originally Posted by Cobos
Finkenbusch: It's pretty obvious that you like Mercedes and don't like Tesla which is fine, it's your opinion and anything I say wont change that.
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Nothing of your evaluation on me
could be more wrong then that statement.
I own for my personal use:
- a vintage Alfa Romeo Spider,
- one small Mazda, and
- a Mercedes A1 190 with the most powerful motor available (by that time) produced.
I would love to drive a solid EV - powered with my "on house solar panels".
I have a simple taste:
Whatever I choose, I go for the best cost/performance ratio
and let the "brand follower/lover" you want to see me
to where they belong - to the brain-dead sheeps.
Contrary to your believe, I would love to see a army of Tesla around making it besides many, many other EV companies - but given the
current Tesla management* performance their chances are slim.*
Fact is - the success of EV depends NOT on the individual product, no matter Tesla, Volt, Lightning, Benz, e.g., but on a change on the underlying market.
THAT is missing until today - everyone tries his own small garden - that wont work. The first approach (actually a scam to sell batteries but future looking in strategy) is Agassis trial in Israel.
I wish him only lukewarm success as its not beneficial to anyone - not Israelis security, the buyer or the developers - except Agassis wallet. *
Nevertheless Agassis basic politic is correct:
Get the energy supply first and then the car - no matter which brand.
As soon as shopping center owners like Wall Mart, McDonalds, petrol stations, restaurants find out that they can charge a a dime for nearly nothing (a high power connector is available everywhere where a business is in place - every a pizza oven, drive trough washing e.g. needs a high power 380 Volt line) and get rich by that we see a fleet of EV on our streets.
Think like PEZ and/or Mustard - very little cost on the POS but make the producers/ vendors/ perpetrators enormous rich.
Let business and politic (and state security - especially Israel & USA*) know that they are benefitting from .
THAT is the key to bringing EV to the market - as London does it now with the 100 electric Smarts...
(*I could elaborate more on that if you care - just dare to ask and I shall deliver:-)