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Old 11-11-2016, 01:38 PM   #88 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
Here is something else to think about. It's not just about dollars and cents. We are wrecking the planet with carbon emissions. You are a complete .1% outlier with your 70 mpg Insight. Most people choose cars that struggle to break 30 mpg. Why wouldn't they. Gas is $2 gallon in the USA. People will never choose to act until they are forced. And you can't MAKE the automaker sell them something they don't want.
Which is exactly the point I've been trying to make. If you oversell EVs by making false - or at least not yet provable - claims about range, how long they'll last, long-term maintenance costs, and so on, then you risk a massive backlash when people find out.
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