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Originally Posted by XprizeRoadTrip
*opinion alert* my opinion only here
What does it take to get this forum excited? Edison2 is doing some of the
coolest eco-modding in existence and it's landing on dead ears in an
ecomodding forum... I don't get it. Can anyone clue me in here?
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I suspect that there is no one simple reason why enthusiasm for the VLC is so
restrained here on Ecomodder. That said, I'll take a stab at identifying some of
the reasons that while the car excites me, I'm not showing it to any great extent.
In no particular order:
* Edison2 has been adamant that it will not be producing the car for sale. Who
then will be? It's going to take big money to make that transition and at least up
to this point there are no clear indications that any big money players are
interested -- whether an established car maker or a new player.
* Edison2 has not yet shown a showroom ready VLC v4. Near as I can tell, a
production prototype does't t exist yet. Is there really head/shoulder/hip/leg
room for 4 passengers? How is the engine space configured. How easy is the
access, especially to the rear seats? Etc, etc, etc…
* At a purely visual level, the VLC somewhat resembles the Aptera. That's good
for aerodynamics, but bad psychologically speaking. There are probably 100 very
good reasons why the VLC is not an apple-to-apple comparison with the Aptera.
But the not-really-all-that-close visual similarity dredges up bitter memories of
the Aptera's stumbling around and finally imploding in a cloud of final configuration
decisions and funding failures after such a promising beginning.
As a result, I'm more than a little skeptical that the VLC by any name, by any
manufacturer, in any recognizable configuration will reach the market at under the
target $20K price… and that would truly suck.
I hope that I am wrong.