EV Sales Are Failing Because They Don't Meet The Needs Of The Real World

If government actually could mandate innovation, we could all fill up our cars with garden hoses.

But even Washington can’t turn water into automotive fuel and that’s why federal subsidies premised upon technological breakthroughs — such as those for electric cars — are a waste of money.

What we drive says a lot about us.

What an electric car says about its owners is that they either don’t have children or have no reasonable hope of ever having any.

Electric cars simply don’t provide families with the right combination of price, size and range for their needs.



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ParadoX - 10/21/2013 12:10:17 PM

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I think it is price more than anything that turns people away. I could live with a little less practicality, but I wont live with the price tag.

vdiv - 10/21/2013 3:59:15 PM

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No one like good old reliable 009 to dig out the dirt on EVs.

So now EVs are anti-families and not children-friendly? That's a new low.

Ever wonder what children think about EVs, about riding in them, and about their future preference for transportation? Ever wonder if they want to be sent to fight bloody and futile wars in the Middle East just so we can continue our addiction to petrol? Ever wonder if kids will care about what kind of environment we are leaving them?

What kind of crap is this?

skytop - 10/21/2013 7:26:53 PM

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So why is Tesla stock being pumped so high?

MattDarringer - 10/21/2013 8:26:46 PM

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EVs are expensive baubles for green idiots, pure and simple