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Re: OT: Toyota RAV4 EV Posted by Scott Paterson [Email] (#13) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Scott Paterson) on Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:24:24 In Reply to: OT: Toyota RAV4 EV, Tim B., Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:23:08 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I agree. It is a great direction for Toyota. California has a lot of benefits for zero emission vehicles. Here's the big opportunity and I think it's going to be the equivalent of the next Miata. Some car manufacturer is going to make a small electric sportscar. Why will it succeed? 1. There is a growing, albeit small, market of consumers that are interested in electric vehicles. 2. A sportsters is a small car and needs less electricity to move. 3. A sportster is good looking (or should be) and most of the electric vehicles are stuck in that weird 'future-look' mode where they have the wheel wells pulled down low. It has to look like a normal car. 4. Since it's a smaller car anyway, it should cost a little less too and that lowers one of the major hurdles.
Of course, I'm thinking that Saab should make an electric Sonett.
-Scott
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