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I think the issue is about expectations of what has been hyped about electric cars (for better or worse) and the reality of their operation vs. what is already
by rexreed 14y ago
I think the issue is about expectations of what has been hyped about electric cars (for better or worse) and the reality of their operation vs. what is already known and accepted about internal combustion engines (ICE). People already understand and accept the tradeoffs and costs of using ICE cars, and the "general joe" is hoping for something that provides a significantly better / different experience with their electric car experience.
This has little to do with reality, but regardless, explains why the TNW article was written as it was and why the parody article analogy doesn't hold as well. Although I understand that at some point, people need to get more "real" about what electric cars can truly offer and their real advantages / disadvantages.
- notimetorelax 14y agoOff-topic for non native speakers. I feel stupid, for the last several days people were using "ICE" acronym in the posts and I was thinking that it was another brand of electric cars... Well no, it refers to "Internal Combustion Engine".
- rexreed 14y agoThanks for the tip - I added an acronym decode in the comment above.
- VLM 14y ago"what is already known and accepted" Electric vs gas car is much more like windows desktop pc vs iphone than its like gasoline engine vs diesel engine. Startup lesson: Phone computers failed miserably when they were designed and marketed as hand held desktop PCs. Tablet computers failed miserably when they were designed and marketed as PCs. If you're doing something fundamentally different, skinning it as something old isn't going to work. Back on topic the first large scale startup success in the automotive world did not involve sitting on a saddle, steering the car with reins, voice controlled brakes (whoa nellie, whoa), and did not involve removing the engine every night and placing it in a hay lined stable.