I wholeheartedly believe in the reliability of a simple EV VS a gasoline powered vehicle.
That said, I am starting to ponder long term repairability. As I see it in the long term, my 2006 Tacoma should be repairable for the rest of eternity, but once the battery pack on my Slate goes dead, is...
I think we are losing the initial sales momentum. Initial excitement was high, we were all thrilled at the new concept, but as time goes by, nothing really new is happening, and the thrill is waning.
I think I'm this way because I grew up in Hawaii, and as a kid, I spoke terrible pidgeon English. As I got older, I started feeling like an uneducated lazy Hawaiian, and I started rejecting my heritage, including walking barefoot and eating raw pork.
Based on your response, I do believe your level of education greatly exceeds mine. I graciously and humbly bow from the waist to your much higher level of education. And I mean that seriously.
Three years of community college 40 years ago is all I can claim.:ontheloo:
I thought we were talking about flat rowing. Flat rowing was what the cool kids did back in Idaho. We used to have flat rowing competitions where we would get stoned out of our minds and flat row through the potato fields.