That's good to hear. We need companies like this and people to take the challenge pursuing and testing EV technology as well as supporting it. Henry has amazingly contributed and done his part individually and I highly admire that. Thank you.
Again I see ElectricLove as a pure EV enthusiast like most of us here. He's had multiple Roadsters, a Volt, he has shown he's committed to EVs for sure. He's connected with a business who has accessibility to technology and infrastructure that we as individuals don't. Electriclove gave his honest feedback and we should respect that. I also don't think its wrong that he comes here for information as long as he contributes. We all need and depend on each other to support and appreciate our Roadsters as well as to keep them on the road as icons to the EV revolution. And if they're recovering salvaged ones as well as learning and offering services or parts that we all could use and like at hopefully affordable prices, I'm all in.
Note we are all under criticism when we post. Its not a bad thing. I make human errors and mistakes. My intention is to help others and offer the most accurate information I can supply. So we have a checks and balances system here, that's a good thing as long as you don't become emotional. With Henry having a positive experience, I which also have not had spam but don't want it, feel we have more of a benefit of supporting Electriclove.
So with that Electriclove can show his boss that people in the EV world are typically smarter than the rest, don't like spam, but if you do come out with something very intriguing and cost effective, you'll have people flock towards your business naturally and the advertising is word of mouth. That's the best positive advertising. Not spamming. How about Gruber become a sponsor on TMC as well as other EV boards? That's a great move for everyone and should be tax-deductable on you bosses end Electriclove. Can you float that one to your boss?
I already floated this to him, he is the type to hold his purse strings tight, I've had a lot of luck getting him to spend but he was too keen on his spam campaign and wanted to see how it would pan out... I spoke with him about it today and got his commitment on never selling the list and let him know its probably doing more harm than good that we sent it out, etc... Anyways, I also spoke to him about the opportunity to legitimately advertise here on TMC, he said he had a note in with the guy who is in charge of that but hadn't heard back anything on how to move forward with it, I am pretty sure he is on-board with the idea at this point and I'm hopeful we move that direction!
By the way, EV enthusiast is an understatement for me, haha! I've been driving EV since before Tesla ever sold a Roadster, I've had, I think, about 10 of them so far, the roadster is currently part of our "fleet" which includes 4 EV! (Leaf, Volt, Roadster, DIY-Yaris-EV and 1 old VW Westfalia which needs to be rehomed!) I'm probably more like an EV obsessive than anything else! I'm very lucky to be in a position at my company where I get to work on the things I love and get paid!
We have done 1 PEM repair for a customer so far and it went really well! We currently have a customer Prius which we are building a new higher capacity Lithium HV battery for! And I have it in my mind that we will be building a booster pack for the Roadster soon! (one that installs in the boot, weighs about 90 lbs and provides an additional 50 miles of range; for an aging Roadster pack it may be a happy medium between buying a new pack and doing nothing! I also am convinced it will allow the Tesla pack to last longer by off-setting some of the stress/usage)
Anyways, very exciting stuff and I am optimistic about the future of the EV world and will continue to do everything I can to make it a reality for everyone!
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