RE: (ET) $ Price of Gasoline $

["Pieter Litchfield" <plitch attglobal net>]

While the price of gas has a lot to do with the viability of electric
vehicles, I think the "infrastructure" also has a big effect on sales.  I
think the ElecTrak failed because lawn tractor dealers didn't know a thing
about golf cart electrical systems (compare the expertise in this group to
the average small engine shop!), and the golf cart sales folks don't sell 
to
the general public very much.  So it was hard to find the right
"infrastructure" to support the tractor both during and after the sale.  
The
same applies to electric cars - I'd hate to have the guy who can't get the
right lubricant in the transfer case of my Jeep working on a n exotic
electrical power system.

Of course if a utility is oil fired, the price of electric power should 
rise
too.
Long live the E-15!
Pieter

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
[mailto:owner-elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu]On Behalf Of Pestka,
Dennis J
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 01:57 PM
To: 'Elec-Trak Email Discussion List'
Subject: (ET) $ Price of Gasoline $


As I am eating lunch and reading how the price of gasoline is expected to
reach $1.80 to $2.00 this summer, I wonder if people will become more aware
that the alternative of electric powered vehicles is a good one.

As I ready my Wheelhorse C-185 for the upcoming grass cutting season, I 
feel
good about my effort to keep this electric tractor in service and I have to
believe that the interest in these alternative machines will increase
proportionally to the rise in gas prices.

The justification for industry to build and promote electric tractors and
automobiles gets easier with every dollar increase in crude oil prices. I
hope that someday the selection and pricing of a new electric tractor or
automobile will be make the decision to look past the gas powered
counterpart an easy one.

Dennis