I would encourage you to take your vehicle to a local "National Drive Electric Week" car show and tell folks what you like and dislike about your car.
https://driveelectricweek.org/
https://driveelectricweek.org/
Well the sad truth is that cars like the Clarity, for reasons I don't understand, don't seem to be an overwhelming success. Yesterday we were coming back from shopping at the Tanger Outlets on Long Island. For fun, we pulled into a nearby Honda dealer, only to see if they had Claritys in colors we hadn't seen. Thus far we've only seen one besides our own and that too was silver. We had seen a white one at a dealer when we were buying ours.Electric vehicles are on their way and fast. Doesn't matter if people like it or not... IT WILL HAPPEN. Every car major manufacturer knows this and are ramping up R&D like crazy. It wont be long when the same money will buy you twice the performance, half the cost to drive and no maintenance when compared to a gasoline car. We will think of gas like we do about steam engines. The car manufactures predict this shift will happen no later than 2025.
Well the sad truth is that cars like the Clarity, for reasons I don't understand, don't seem to be an overwhelming success. Yesterday we were coming back from shopping at the Tanger Outlets on Long Island. For fun, we pulled into a nearby Honda dealer, only to see if they had Claritys in colors we hadn't seen. Thus far we've only seen one besides our own and that too was silver. We had seen a white one at a dealer when we were buying ours.
However the dealer we went to yesterday had 23 (twenty three!) Claritys in stock! Judging from the dust that was embedded in these cars, it looked as if they had been there for quite some time. Even a sales guy did a double & triple take as we pulled into the lot with our Clarity. I saw him examining our license plate, probably to see which dealer had sold us ours.
I have a friend who has moved to another state now, but he sells cars at a Honda dealership. The sales people in that dealership have been told not to push the Clarity because the money they make on service is greatly reduced. He said the dealers make most of their money from service and not sales.However the dealer we went to yesterday had 23 (twenty three!) Claritys in stock! Judging from the dust that was embedded in these cars, it looked as if they had been there for quite some time. Even a sales guy did a double & triple take as we pulled into the lot with our Clarity. I saw him examining our license plate, probably to see which dealer had sold us ours.
NO CAR company is providing distribution of their profit for sale of car and money they make on maintenance and repair. The later component is significant. So far no car company had figured out how to make money on ev and along with push from oil industry, the charge will be a slow process. Canada may lead this as compared to USA, since gas prices are killing. People have to step up to be in this game and it will happen at a pace slowerthan we think.
But I really think the linkage between choice of fuel and political persuasion is nuts, and hopefully temporary.
the range anxiety that some just can't get past, whether the car has both an electric and gas engine or not
Yup, agreed on all counts. It costs no more to make a stylish EV, yet the manufacturers, with the exception of Tesla, seem determined to make their EVs the ugliest in their vehicle lineup. It’s just a bizarre thing to watch.Ken, why cant they make EV's look like a normal $*&# car. This is not helping. They could have easily made the clarity look like a sleeker version of the accord. Weird looking cars are turning people off. Telsa looks awesome but the pricetag is double what it needs to me for the masses to buy.
I am also tremendously impressed with all the solar panels I see when I visit, including those fully covering roof tops
It’s almost as if the manufacturer says, “Now what can we do to make this vehicle the least desirable in our fleet?”
Yup, agreed on all counts. It costs no more to make a stylish EV, yet the manufacturers, with the exception of Tesla, seem determined to make their EVs the ugliest in their vehicle lineup. It’s just a bizarre thing to watch.
It’s almost as if the manufacturer says, “Now what can we do to make this vehicle the least desirable in our fleet?”
You're not alone. I think it looks fine as well. At least it doesn't have what I call a "big mouth" front end like the new Toyota Avalon.I’m a weirdo. I think the Clarity looks great. If it had a glass roof, it would be perfect in my eyes. Otherwise, I like it very much.
I even like the funky trunk window.
I’m a weirdo. I think the Clarity looks great. If it had a glass roof, it would be perfect in my eyes. Otherwise, I like it very much.
I even like the funky trunk window.