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Originally Posted by AgentTripleX
I thought the same time till I actually started driving one. The first time I was like, uhm, ok this is cool. The more seat time I got the more addicted I got. It's such a smooth ride and having the torque instantly and linear is such an amazing feeling. Every time you accelerate it sounds like a jet taking off. I'm really in love. I think electric cars will spoil us all eventually. I don't understand why no one has been successful at this thus far. I mean I do, I've seen who's killed the electric car and talked to industry folks, but it doesn't make sense that such phenomenal cars and technology has been repressed by whoever's in charge. I truly hope electrics are the way of the future.
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The problem with electric cars is not the "whoever's in charge" but the people who make them. Successfully making and marketing a disruptive technology is very difficult as you have to change the way people (buyers) think - and that is probably the hardest thing in the world!
If building electric cars was as easy as making microwave ovens the Asian manufacturing countries would have already been producing them - they are outside the influence of anyone in the US!! But it simply isn't that easy to make a compelling electric car.
Tesla
are different in that they are doing the right marketing, they have got a clever design, they are only planning to sell small numbers at a high price to establish a market (they will probably still lose money on this market entry exercise). They also don't have the weight and drag of a large auto manufacturer to shift! Finally I think their timing is right - electric cars haven't been so interesting before because they didn't have a compelling selling point and simply weren't as good as the (cheaper) petrol competition.
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PS: I wish Tesla great success and look forward to trying one!!