Comments on: Hybrid and EV Adoption Comes Down To…Genetics?

By: Shines

Shines — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:18:17 +0000

Crowder I like your sense of humour Is that really your picture? – don’t answer that. I’m not a twin, but I want a hybrid and I also like: sci-fi movies, jazz music, chocolate, and mustard. If my care smelled like chocolate that would be fine. I like my mustard with ham and rye. Maybe I should be looking for my long lost twin brother. Funny my parents never mentioned him. He probably drives a Fusion or Escape Hybrid since I am fond of Fords…

By: Job001

Job001 — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:38:18 +0000

JamesDavis has a good point. Behaviorist studies rely upon data correlation which does not prove causality. Often economics will drive behavior as the "adaptability" of humans has historically shown.
I wonder if the snobish attitudes of the relatively wealthy researchers bleed through into this subtle ridicule of economy cars, I've noticed similar wealth related snobish attitudes in a few people I know.
Quick, someone, give me a grant to do a "Study".

By: Old Man Crowder

Old Man Crowder — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:20:17 +0000

So if I understand this correctly, the world needs more identical twins in order to stimulate the hybrid market.

And to help things along, hybrid commercial jingles should use Ray Charles and Diana Krall songs and the vehicles should come with that "new chocolate and mustard" smell.

By: JamesDavis

JamesDavis — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:08:32 +0000

I believe genes have nothing to do with it. I think it all comes down to availability and economics. Fossil fuel vehicles is the only thing we have to choose from that we don't have to sell the house before we can buy one. Start flooding the market with hybrids and electric cars and price them the same as fossil fuel vehicles and watch the sale of electric cars skyrocket. Almost everyone, except the people with more money than brains, will go with the electric car because we are sick and tired of having to spend a third of our pay to fill up our tanks. We can buy a solar panel, with a 30 year life span, to charge our electric car battery and GE has came out with a charging station that can be placed anywhere and we can even charge our electric car at the beach parking lot if we want to. So guess which one of the three types, fossil fuel vehicles, hybrid, or electric, people will rush to buy?

Genes has nothing to do with me wanting to breathe clean air, drink clean water, or live on clean pollution free land. And as soon as the big three American auto makers realize that, the more wealthy they will become from the sale of their electric vehicles.

By: PatrickPunch

PatrickPunch — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:49:32 +0000

Maybe HEVs and EVs should be branded as must have items. For example sell them as iCars from Apple.