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Explain to me the sense of buying a car that has no on-


board charger, unless you are a millionaire and can afford a $100,000 vehicle, or unless you drive a very short distance. Just consider why someone would pay more for a vehicle


with a limited range, when they could pay the same amount for one that has an on-board charger, unlimited range, and get the same quiver up their leg when they step on the “gas.” About all that money we send to


the Middle East for oil – Technology has unleashed a 50- to 100-year supply of energy right here at home. Pennsyl- vania, New York, Ohio, Colorado, South Dakota and Alaska and Alberta, Canada, all have huge supplies of energy. And we have the technology to get it. Now, politics may stop that, but it’s there, and it’s a decision away from putting the Saudis and their pals out of our business. Comment from Forest Williams, VP Sales and Marketing,


Liberty PlugIns: I think [NRO writer] Bryce (and JVH) miss an essential point.


Parking lot owners are not in the business of dictating to their customers what their vehicle choices should be. They will never be able to determine if the person driving an Escalade today is considering buying an EV, but that person will surely notice which parking lots have chargers and which ones don’t. In our


intensely competitive industry, can any of us afford to be wrong? I am intentionally resisting the temptation to participate in


I think that if being environmentally sound is not a good business model, then we should rethink the model.


the debate as to whether EVs will succeed in the marketplace. I will, however, make the observation that people buy things for a variety of reasons, many of them emotional rather than rational, and this is especially true when it comes to automobiles. Follow-up from Jim Burness: 1) Virtually all of the original


RAV4 EVs from 10 years ago are still running around on their original bat- teries, so longevity is far beyond what was predicted. 2) Pure battery EVs (like the Nis-


san Leaf) satisfy the daily needs of about 95% of the American commute. It’s predicted the most families with one EV will also have either a conven-


tional car or hybrid for the 5% of the trips that are outside an EV’s range. 3) All tax incentives targeting EV charging stations expired


at the end of 2011. 4) Our company sells the most popular commercial Level 2


charging station, and the most common model has a list price of $6,800, plus installation, so about half of what you estimate. Adds Seamus Wilmot, Parking and Transportation Direc- tor at UC Berkeley: Also, if we expand on Jim’s example of the


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