If it is not a NEV, What should we call it?
Many say and have said that public promotion of golf carts and other
Neighborhood Electric Vehicles confuses the public, and present EVs as
SLOW and Short Ranged vehicles. Well those vehicles have their place
but I don't need one at this time!
Not far south of Tampa FL. is a "Sun-City" development for adults over
55 years old. Hundreds of homes with lawn service provided or
available, a nice shopping center with several major retailers, and a
medical / fitness center with a gym and over 10 doctors. Special lanes
are provided for NEVs next to and crossing all streets and highways.
Almost every home has a golf cart with roof and rain curtains. Many are
Gasoline, some are electric. Every home also seems to have an
automobile [gas] also. Several dealers sell golf cars [a powered golf
cart is properly termed a golf car!] with customized bodies to look
like classic vehicles, mostly front and rear additions to suggest [as a
caricature of a car] a cute appearance. There is a place for NEVs. In
"The Villages," "Top of the World," "Sun City," and others of that
ilk. Along with "Geriatric Scooters" at the mall and shopping inside
the larger stores. But do not confuse them with EV Highway Cruisers [
as I call them to accentuate the difference!] Minimum Sixty MPH and
Fifty Mile Range is NO NEV!
Just because I call them "EV Highway Cr
uisers," doesn't make that the
best term, I invite all of you to help improve our Public Image and
Media Perception of our vehicles. Let us define a better term if
possible for our EVs a few I have dreamed up are :
EV Highway Cruiser
EMF Car [Electric Motive Force Car]
Electric Cruiser
Electric Runabouts
Highway EV
Pure Electric Car [not a hybrid]
High Tension Traction Vehicle [High Tension is High Voltage...]
High Voltage Car
Steinmetz Technology Vehicle [STV] [Steinmetz was the mathematician
who devised formulas
for making motors and generators. ]
What can you call your EV that will impress your neighbor and leave no
doubt that you can drive up a hill or cruise down the highway! Would a
French, Italian, German, Latin or Spanish term work? Please , let us
make this step to improve our image. Feedback desired, chose the best
one from above or devise a better term. Then, since I read every
posting, I will try to compile the results...
Dennis Miles EVtrainingCenter Lakeland, FL
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