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To: Red in Blue PA
I stay in the Marriott hotels a lot and I see that they have started putting charging stations in the parking lots. However, I have never seen one actually being utilized.

Below is the promo photo on the Marriott website. This guy looks WAY too happy to be crammed inside a tiny electric car.


60 posted on 04/09/2015 6:47:00 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
That is a NEV, or Neighborhood Electric Vehicle. It is not something most people call an electric car. They don't sell in meaningful numbers either. Here is what real electric car sales look like:

Model 2014 Sales Percent
Nissan Leaf 30200 25.45%
Chevrolet Volt 18805 15.84%
Tesla Model S 16550 13.94%
Toyota Prius Plug In 13264 11.18%
Ford Fusion Energi 11550 9.73%
Ford C-Max Energi 8433 7.11%
BMW i3 6092 5.13%
Smart forTwo EV 2594 2.19%
Ford Focus EV 1964 1.65%
Fiat 500E 1503 1.27%
Cadillac ELR 1310 1.10%
Toyota RAV4 EV 1184 1.00%
Chevrolet Spark 1145 0.96%
Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid 879 0.74%
Mercedes B-Class Electric 774 0.65%
BMW i8 555 0.47%
Honda Accord Plug In 449 0.38%
Honda Fit EV 407 0.34%
Kia Soul EV 359 0.30%
VW e-Golf 357 0.30%
Mitsubishi i 196 0.17%
Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid 112 0.09%
Total 118682 100.00%

(source)



62 posted on 04/09/2015 7:01:33 PM PDT by LogicDesigner (See my profile for a browser plug-in that shows politicians' money trail while you surf the web.)
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To: SamAdams76

I can read lips. He is saying “Help! Get me out of this death trap.”


69 posted on 04/09/2015 7:34:26 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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