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Originally Posted by Flexin
A lot of people drive cars that are not exciting while dreaming of a Lamborghini's and so on. Thats what makes cars exciting. With electric cars they need to start all over again. At least in North America they do because we like big engines.
When someone talks about electric or hybird what times to mind? For most its that ugly ass Prius. That isn't going get a lot of people into those cars. Having performance electrics will help with the rest of the image.
I don't think anyone on this site would buy one. And I'm not talking about winning over gearheads. Most people want some level of performance but they don't see it in a Prius. IMO the Telsa will help sell electrics.
And everyone keeps talking about the price. They are not main stream cars so they will be expensive. All hybirds/electrics are expensive.
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I used a similar argument when we were discussing electric sportbikes. It's a stop along the road and I don't see why people feel the need to shoot it down.
Every cool vehicle or device we have now started out as a concept, a prototype, perhaps a limited run small shop item that was developed into something that could be produced and marketed to the masses.
Rather than saying "Who the hell would pay that much?" or "That thing has no range!" or "It's so impractical!", we should be saying "When can we get it more practical and available to the average consumer?"
If more people showed an interest, it'd give the major manufacturers a reason to allocate more resources to the research and get it right.