APT
SE Michigan
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I own an EV and would consider a PHEV type vehicle for personal uses, but not this system. What is an estimated miles per kW on something like the Jeep Cherokee features in some videos?
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mkirsch
Rochester, NY
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How did I miss this thread? Was it in some other category and was just moved to tow vehicles?
My comments are along a different vein. It's regarding this "COMING SOON" mentality that you, like so many others with pie-in-the-sky aspirations, present to the public.
I for one do NOT want to hear about what you are "going" to do, or what you "want" to do or what you "plan" to do. I want to hear about what you are DOING. I want to hear about the product you have in stock and ready to ship TODAY.
So many times it's just hype hype hype, "COMING SOON!" and never comes to fruition. Either that was the plan all along (i.e. take the investor's money and run), or it turns out that it's not possible to make good on your claims, so you quietly disappear.
Case in point, a new building goes up a couple miles from here. Sign goes up, "ITALIAN DELI COMING SOON!" I'm thinking nice, a new place to get a sub, maybe open in a month or two. YEARS later, sign still says "COMING SOON!" and the building sits empty.
In my mind you don't put up a sign until you're ready to open, with meat and cheese in the display case, bread on the shelves.
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Huntindog
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Do not let the contrairians disuade you.
There are some people that cannot even agree on what color the sky is.
Your product is not for me, but it could work well for others. Will you be sucessful? Who knows. But you gotta be, "the man in the arena" to have a shot at it. Herman Lay started out in his garage...turning the lowley potato into a salty snack. Potato chips are in just about everyones homes now. Ray crock had a dream. McDonalds is just about everywhere now. More recently we have Apple. Each of these one time startups took a chance, and changed the world... And made a few bucks while doing so. I wish you well.
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BlueDotTom
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Thanks Huntindog, that kind of support is very buoying. I've devoted years of my life and hundreds of thousands of my own $ to bring this thing to life, and, like you say, there's no guarantee of success. Certainly can't imagine taking on that kind of risk without reaching out to as many potential customers as possible to figure out what people actually want.
APT, the Cherokee (on super swampers) gets 32-34 backroad miles on 13 kWh of usable battery. The final product should have some efficiency gains and be lighter.
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