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drmiller100 · 01-02-2012, 08:12 PM

Hey Ryland, great discussion!

You make some excellent points. The PERCEPTION is electric is limited in what it can do.

For example, if I own a 15 passenger van, I can't easily take it to the grocery store - it is too big to get around the Walmart parking lot every easy, which means I need to park it far away and walk in.

So, if I do decide I gotta have a passenger van/ bus/ crew cab truck/, it means I have to have ANOTHER car.

So, back to electric. Perception is my range is limited to less then 300 miles in a day. Which means if I want to go visit grandma who lives in the next state, I need to go borrow someone else's car to get there.

So, pickup/bus/van/motorcycle/ Electric Car all means I need ANOTHER, normal car.

If I am going to have a normal car, The EV becomes a bit of a tough sale.

This, IMO, is why the Insight and Prius are so successful. they are a "normal" car - they can indeed do it all.

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drmiller100 Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Boise Idaho Posts: 842 Thanks: 39 Thanked 89 Times in 69 Posts	Hey Ryland, great discussion! You make some excellent points. The PERCEPTION is electric is limited in what it can do. For example, if I own a 15 passenger van, I can't easily take it to the grocery store - it is too big to get around the Walmart parking lot every easy, which means I need to park it far away and walk in. So, if I do decide I gotta have a passenger van/ bus/ crew cab truck/, it means I have to have ANOTHER car. So, back to electric. Perception is my range is limited to less then 300 miles in a day. Which means if I want to go visit grandma who lives in the next state, I need to go borrow someone else's car to get there. So, pickup/bus/van/motorcycle/ Electric Car all means I need ANOTHER, normal car. If I am going to have a normal car, The EV becomes a bit of a tough sale. This, IMO, is why the Insight and Prius are so successful. they are a "normal" car - they can indeed do it all.