RE: (ET) Electric OX

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

I tend to agree.  But that just might change if the volume comes from
elsewhere....

Check out Design News (designnews.com) 08/18/03 p. 55++, on the Vectrix
electric scooter.  
It is targeted for Europe, where scooters are a big deal.  It's off topic
here, but it's 
probably a better starting point than an electric car for a volume builder,
and more 
likely to have an impressive design than a golf cart.  Weight is still
pretty high, but 
it is interesting enough & cheap enough to grow a following.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Gagliardi com [mailto:Jeremy Gagliardi com]
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:43 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Electric OX


On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:49:19 EDT, "FixItUp" wrote:
>  Hi All
> I agree,the Electric OX seems like a very nice machine.Several years ago 
> I
had
> several conversations with the head honcho at the Electric Tractor Corp.
> regarding the possible purchase of an Electric OX and/or a dealership. 
> The
only
> drawback was the fact that there is no dealer in the US close enough to
demo a
> tractor and I think that you need to buy quite a few tractors to even get
> started on a dealership.
>  The idea still appeals to me,but I am afraid I would have quite a chore
selling
> them. Anybody want one?

I tend to think unless a major home improvement center or other store that
sells
tractors by the truckload picks it up, it ain't gonna sell here.  Based on
everyone I've talked to locally, everyone wants to go to a Home Depot or
Lowes
to shop for and buy a tractor (and they want to pay $1K-2K).  The masses
aren't
interested in going to a specialty store or catalogue to find a good
tractor. 
Also, the store that stocks the tractor has to stand by it and the salesmen
have
to believe in it, otherwise they'll poo-poo it every time they talk to a
potential customer (salesmen do this all the time).  Also, I tend to think
an
existing major manufacturer of tractors has to make their own version, so
they
can sell to the die-hard, brand-loyal customers of John Deere, etc.,
otherwise
those customers won't even look at it.

All of this is why the ox is a specialty item, and not sold mainstream.

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Bethesda, Md
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