Coches Electricos para la Población General

No es revolucionario decir que los coches electricos todavía son de interés para un pequeño sector del publico y para los entusiastas. Sin embargo, en cuanto vayan mejorando interesarán a más y más gente hasta llegar a ser un tema de moda general.

La semana pasada en el Reino Unido, donde hay opiniones muy polarizadas (el pais de Top Gear y la frase «petrolhead»), ví un avance muy interesante…

El periodico The Daily Mail (para nada pro-electricos) publicó un articulo sobre el nuevo coche eléctrico de Sir Alex Ferguson.

¿Y que? Pués es una persona muy conocida del mundo de futbol (los fans de futbol al menos en el Reino Unido no son muy interesados en temas ecológicas!) y ha tenido mucho éxito como gerente del club de futbol Manchester United (entre los mejores de ese pais) ubicandole como un lider de gusto y opinión para ese sector del publico.

Es una persona bastante agresivo y tiene un cierto rol de ejemplo para los jugadores y los aficionados. Entonces estaba positivamente sorprendido leer:

‘I think the Volt is absolutely phenomenal,’ said Ferguson.

‘A friend of mine drove one in the States and kept going on and on about it, so when I had the opportunity I said ‘yeah I’m going to try it because it’s the car of the future, really.

‘I’m very pleased with it.’

 Mi opinión es que es muy importante leer esto de alguien tan visible en un sector de la población tan potencialmente en contra de vehiculos eléctricos.

Espero que le vaya bien con el coche y que también «habla y habla sobre ello a sus amigos».

Imagen del Daily Mail.

Electric Cars Going Mainstream

I’m not saying anything that isn’t obvious if I say that electric cars are still very niche and of interest to all but the most enthusiastic today. However, as the cars improve and more people get interested the big switch from niche to mainstream gets closer.

Last week in the UK, where electric cars have polarized opinions (the UK is the home of the phrase «petrolhead» coined often in the well known car program, Top Gear for instance), I saw an interesting development…

The Daily Mail (not a pro-electric car rag by any means) published an article about Sir Alex Ferguson’s new electric car.

What’s the big deal? Well he is above all a football personality (football and petrolheads are very closely aligned) and he has had a lot of success recently as manger of Manchester United (one of the top UK clubs) making him a thought leader for a lot of this section of the public.

He is an aggressive character and by all means a father figure for a lot of the talented players and in turn their fans. So when I read:

‘I think the Volt is absolutely phenomenal,’ said Ferguson.

‘A friend of mine drove one in the States and kept going on and on about it, so when I had the opportunity I said ‘yeah I’m going to try it because it’s the car of the future, really.

‘I’m very pleased with it.’

I have to say that this is really significant to hear someone of this visibility in a sector of the public so potentially anti-EV.

I hope the car works for him and that he also «goes on and on about it».

Image from the Daily Mail.