It’s clear that personal mobility is evolving. Several scenarios could unfold, depending on a number of variables; the technology focus will shift but
The automotive revolution is speeding up in all areas of change: EV' s, ADAS, AI, robotics, connected & autonomous cars, auto pilot, car/ride sharing, Geo-tracking, car buying, etc.
But what do you really mean and what do you really have......more and more of the same old, same old special interest technology overload and misdirection.
At the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit most vehicles are changing but not necessarily in the right way. Put aside all the hype and bling and what do you really have.....more overpriced and over complicated vehicles to extract more and more money from the customers....some simple POV observations in my humble opinion that don't sit well with the real global market, the customers and the environment.
You decide if it's the Price is Right show or the Price is Wrong show.
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Wrong again, the 2018 truck of the year is the Lincoln Navigator with a base price of $72,500 and if you like it with some of the luxury options that are available for it, try and digest the price around $90,000.
Another example and never mind the high prices... is that the U.S. automakers are unveiling new diesel pickup trucks even as diesel sales have fallen sharply since Volkswagen AG's 2015 diesel emissions scandal.
General Motors said at the Detroit auto show it would offer a diesel Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck in 2019 and now offers diesel versions of its Equinox, Cruze, Colorado, Express and medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Overall U.S. light-duty diesel sales fell 19 percent in 2017 to 94,810, according to hybridcars.com, and accounted for less than 1 percent of U.S. vehicle sales. Nearly half of U.S. diesel sales were Ford Transit diesel vans.
Ford Motor Co plans this spring to offer a diesel engine version of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck. In July, Fiat Chrysler won approval from federal and California regulators to sell 2017 diesel vehicles. It also faces many law suits from diesel vehicle owners.
Last year, the Justice Department sued Fiat Chrysler, accusing it of illegally using software to bypass emission controls in 104,000 diesel Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Ram 1500 trucks sold since 2014. I guess we haven't learned anything from the German Auto makers who have already made the shift away from diesel.
The middle class has been disappearing in America and their wages have been stagnant for the last 40 years while the vehicle prices have increased by 10x, 20x, 30x, 40x, etc...
DO YOU KNOW YOUR A, B, C's OF SMART VEHICLE DESIGN?
A.) KEEP IN MIND, WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH STYLE YOU GIVE UP SPACE AND FUNCTION.
B.) WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH POWER AND WEIGHT YOU GIVE UP EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS.
C.) WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TECHNOLOGY AND COMPLEXITY YOU GIVE UP TOO MUCH MONEY AND VALUE.
My interest is to partner with like-minded automotive people who want to accelerate more affordable EV ownership/benefits and create smarter sustainable automotive manufacturing jobs in Detroit, Michigan and elsewhere.
Another good way to understand Eco V… is that it is the absolute opposite of a Tesla and that is a good thing.
I like most car people love cars and here's the Real But...we can't afford to keep paying higher and higher prices for all the bling techno programming we are being subjected to for all the wrong reasons.
Every time any Automotive Manufacturer produces a vehicle that sells poorly or unit sales fall off and decline to unsustainable or unprofitable levels that business mistake is passed on to the customer in the next vehicle they develop, produce and sell.
This is why the car companies keep pushing high and higher priced vehicles on us.... Because they can make more money by selling fewer and fewer vehicles and to cover all their out of control present and past legacy costs. They are so conditioned and use to dealing with low volume unit sales that they plan on it and adjust the highest possible price points to the vehicles to try and make up the difference.
Nobody in automotive knows how to make money with electric vehicles, either by design to protect their entrenched ICE business and hedge their business bets or just out of lack of automotive intelligence/experience and lack of true innovation and producing superior automotive value for the poor and middle class.
We want to see more Automotive Companies show Auto Intelligence and Stop Trying to go after the small 2% high end market with the high profit margins.
To the Contrary...What the Automotive World needs is Simply Smarter Mobility Solutions for Everyone. What about the other 98% of the automotive global market that can never afford these kind of Short Sighted Super Luxury Cars.
REAL & DEEP SIMPLICITY IS WHAT IS NEEDED TO BE PROFITABLE.
For many Global Automotive Manufacturers today to really and truly be profitable, sustainable and survive.......... they have to produce a Global vehicle that can satisfy the Needs of the Many (Global Mass Markets Customers instead of the few Specialty High End Customers that they always target and try to satisfy).
Today, You have to be producing a Global Vehicle..... Selling Tens of Millions of Vehicles instead of just Selling a few Thousand or Tens of Thousands of Vehicles. The Costs of Developing these Type of Vehicles is way too high and most of these Automotive Companies like Tesla cannot even get close to their break even unit sales point witch is usually above 500,000 vehicles sales.
NOW - lets look at Car Wisdom for Everyone and the Seven things wrong with most cars today and what to do about it.
The first thing to do is get rid of the short sighted herd mentality of following the wrong automotive leaders and make a global vehicle that has the potential and ability to sell tens of millions of vehicles like Henry Ford did in the early 1900's.
?The price of vehicles & gasoline is rising World over. With high prices, both fleet operators and private users are looking for an alternative that will reduce their purchase and operational costs & is clean, practical, reliable, safe, modular, versatile and affordable for most global transportation needs.
?Air Pollution & Climate Change in cities & rural areas are a major Global health and safety problem. There are over 1 billion ICE vehicles on the world’s roads today and approx. 1% are electric clean/green vehicles.......where is the balance in 99% to 1%!
?The Seven Global Automotive Car Problems Today with Most All Vehicles are:
they pollute and are either too small, too big, too complex, too expensive & single purpose. Also, too costly to design, engineer, manufacturer, build and bring to market.
At the present pricing point of approx. $36,937 for the average American ICE car and constantly going up each and every year by approx. $1,000, the industry is headed for car sharing and car renting over ownership as the future of mobility. And Heaven Help You, if you Like a Car that's More Than Average, because you will pay about double!
People Don't Seem To Really Understand and Want High Efficiency and Practical Vehicles anymore because they are constantly being programmed to want the wrong designed vehicles for all the wrong reasons.
Would you rather have or buy one car that does one thing real well for the well to do or would you rather have or buy one car that does 6 or 10 things really well for the global masses?
The total package question and solution is the real answer but it takes automotive common sense to see it and produce it? 
Perceptual Auto Intelligence is What Is Needed Today Instead of the Lack of It.
Everyone today seems to over complicate and over engineer the (Electric) Vehicles at the expense of the global customers and the industry without thought for the affordable needs and global public mobility interests of the many/global masses.
What people think they want is more power, more speed, more style, more luxury, more gadgets, more technology, more connectivity, more self parking, more autopilot options, more flying cars and more self driving autonomous cars.
If you have an unlimited budget and throw enough money and resources at the design and build process, then you can come up with another super car for the rich. We seem to consistently forget about the biggest and best automotive market to be in. WHY?
Don't be fooled by looks alone and when evaluating any vehicle anywhere in the world, it's the total package/performance that counts as Jay Leno would say. There are 7 automotive global problems that are not sustainable and what are you going to do about it....CHANGE...... or are you just going along for the ride.
Just what the world needs today is another Pure Power, Pure Luxury, Pure Style, Pure Sport, Pure Performance Car........
Everyone seems to want to copy and compete with Elon Musk's Tesla models which have never made a profit.......... you can choose to develop and target this high end luxury market like the Tesla Model S/D/3/Roadster for well over $35,000 to $200,000 but this is not profitable or sustainable................. but the Henry Ford business model of the early 1900's was and still is very profitable and sustainable for anyone who can duplicate it today.
TODAY, YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER COMPLICATED SELF DRIVING/AUTONOMOUS LUXURY, SUV OR SPORT CAR.....
INSTEAD; YOU NEED A SIMPLE, SAFE, PRACTICAL, USEFUL, MODULAR, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC CAR....
In the car industry, for well over a century we have been so preoccupied by refining our car products and production processes that we really haven’t looked beyond the bling and asked ourselves whether this is really the answer to people’s needs. To a large extent we have ignored the difference between the car that people want and the car people need.
What happened to smart, simple, practical, useful and affordable? Going, Going, Gone.
Automotive has gone to the wrong ends of the market...but Why.....they care more about their bottom line than their customer's bottom line. We make a business Profitable and Successful by solving customer problems and putting the customer first...by providing them with a great product with great all around value.
Not by fooling, distracting, programming or misleading them.
Why do we keep on building and selling the absolute wrong Mobility Solutions for the global masses? Basically because of Greed and the Special Interest of the OEM's over their customers needs and interests.
Innovation drives economic growth. It boosts productivity, making it possible to create more wealth with less labor. When economies or companies don’t innovate, the result is stagnation, inequality, and the whole horizon of hopelessness that has come to define the lives of most working people today with many decades of stagnant wages for the middle class.
While one design size doesn't fit all.........Below you will find the Best Answer/Examples to not too Big, not too Small but Just Right........... to be the simple, useful, modular, practical, efficient and affordable family of task orientated vehicles for many more global mobility solutions for the global masses.
Today that tradition lives on with the modern-day version of the Model T called Eco V. Eco V is 2 cars, 2 vans, 2 pickup trucks, 2 flatbed trucks and 2 detachable box trucks in both standard 11.5 feet length and extended 13.5 feet length.
Eco V is in the same class as the three most successful cars in history, the Ford Model T, the VW Beetle and the jeep/willys...all were task orientated designs not for the high end market or wealthy customer but for the ordinary family or the low-end critical jobs.
One man and one car did it in Detroit in 1908 and another man and car did it in 1938 and put the world on wheels with his Model T & the VW Beetle. Today, one man and one car can do it again in 2017 with Eco V Electric and put the world on electric wheels with the Universal Car & Solar Power to Go.
We believe Eco V can and will win the race for the affordable and practical electric Green car/truck. EV’ s like Eco V can be very simple, safe, versatile and affordable. Perfect for fleets that just need to get their job done. Simple jobs need simple vehicles and our secret is simplicity.
Less is More......Less price equals More sales......Henry Ford understood it better than anyone else in automotive history?
So what is the answer to today's Global Transportation Needs?
Henry Ford made a simple, practical, useful, affordable car for the masses while every one else was doing just the opposite. He dominated the automotive market with a 50% market share with his business model and the Model T. Ford's incredible manufacturing facilities and systems were efficient enough for them to still make an estimated $37 in profit for each Model T sold in 1923 and he sold many millions.
That is what I call pure genius and we definitely need more leaders like Henry Ford but where are now?
The people running his company today are not even close to the genius caliber or legacy that he left for the rest of us to follow. All they know how to do is to take their manufacturing to low cost labor markets like China, India and Mexico.
Whatever happened to Rule #1. If you sell it here, you make it here.
Today for example, Ford Motor Company make an estimated $8,000 to $15,000 profit on a Ford F 150 pickup truck or SUV. It's easy to see why they want to sell premium pickups and SUV' s and outsource most car production to low cost labor markets like what they are doing with the Ford EV's by moving all production to China and Mexico.
Now lets look at the modern day version of the Model T called Eco V for today's clean green mobility solution. Let's get practical with KISS. Not Google....Not Apple....Not Tesla....Not GM.... Not Ford, Not FCA, etc...
- For the price of one premium luxury electric car like a Tesla Model S you could have a fleet of 12 Eco V Electric Cars or Trucks. One choice will cost you money and go down quickly in value over time and the other choice will save you money and make you money over time.
- I guess that's why they call it a Smart Utility Vehicle.
- There are over one billion cars on the roads today with millions more added every year.................. and about 1% are EV' s…. this is a call to action to anyone who might care enough about seeing a better number and balance of EV' s being on the roads today. There is no better design and approach to a Green EV than the 10 in 1 task orientated Eco V Electric – Detroit’s most innovative EV.
- More affordable choices provide more global transportation solutions.
- Is not the same situation developing World over today? Most EV'S today are high priced that only the wealthy can afford them. They are loaded with all kinds of gadgets and tech, that few even understand. The 60% of the common men and women in US don't even know electric cars are available to buy! The EV market has loss the common folk! Sure, Big Auto does not really want EV' s because nobody is making money on them and they have gasoline in their blood. Dealers don't want them because there is no service required and other than styling and new expensive features being added, they should last a lot longer than the ICE they replaced.
- The whole EV market is stalled because common people don't see a value proposition with them. ****this is a very important point! **** These expensive EV' s depreciate more in a year than a 20-year life Eco V! So, what does it take to start to open this mass EV Market?
Henry Ford made a simple, practical, useful, affordable car for the masses while every one else was doing just the opposite. Kind of like what they are doing today.
While a number of automotive companies are intent on making premium electric luxury cars, SUV, pickup trucks and sport cars, we see a larger EV market opportunity.
Eco V is not an electric show horse but instead a family of 10 in 1 smart electric work horses. Its designed for maximum interior room and to carry maximum weight for work and delivery jobs for individuals and fleet managers. It can do the work of a Ford F 150 Pickup Truck and carry 1500 lbs.
To the Contrary...What the Automotive World needs is Simply Smarter Mobility Solutions for Everyone. What about the other 98% of the automotive global market that can never afford these kind of Super Luxury and Sport Cars at their ridiculous prices.
Instead of appealing to the top 2% wealthy customers in the world today, why not try and provide a simple, practical, useful and affordable mobility solution for the global 98% of customers that can't afford the way over priced Cars of today.
Now, would you want to make a car for the 2% automotive market or would you want to make a car for the other 98% of the market?
There is no better 4 - wheel design and approach to a Green EV than the 10 in 1 Eco V Electric – Detroit’s most innovative Utility EV.
With Eco V, you get to choose your battery pack, price, range, speed, design and application. More choices provide more global transportation solutions.
A common sense affordable green car/truck delivery solution for global transportation needs, starting at $11,999.
It will be produced in 5 different speeds for many different vehicle applications (25 mph, 30/35/42 mph, and 65 mph).
The real challenge is to make a sustainable and profitable EV with great all around general performance, appeal and extreme value for the global masses at the absolute lowest price. Eco V can do that and more.
We offer our customers the most efficient EV in the world at 207 mpgge (miles per gallon gas equivalent) and transportation for 2 cents a mile or 0 cost with an optional solar car port, pad or tree.
EV’ s like Eco V can be very simple, practical, safe, useful, versatile, modular and affordable.
We believe Eco V, because it combines the best of a car and the best of a truck, can and will win the race for the affordable and practical global Universal Green Car/Truck.
- Our vision is very disruptive to electric vehicle transportation today and very good for it! We see a new and emerging market for a basic do everything work horse family of vehicles. They are perfect for all kinds of tasks in cities and urban areas where over 80% of our population resides. Our initial starting point is exactly that, a starting point. We want to sell our product to city fleet managers whether they are writing parking tickets or they are delivering groceries from the neighborhood grocery store. They are perfect in retirement, resort and Master Planned communities as well as in today's modern family to run all sorts of errands close to home.
- So where did our product come from? We started in Michigan, USA over 10 years ago building prototypes and showing them to our customers and letting them tell us what they wanted. We have a highly skilled team of experienced OEM people from all areas of automotive. We listened and translated those ideas into product attributes. After 4 generations of prototypes, we are there with an affordable ($11,999 MSRP), safe with crash testing and automotive ride, handling and braking, versatile with 8 family members and all are multi functional and designed to save you 70% or more in operating costs. They will pay you back in less than 1 year! Far better than where Ford started, but on the same path of disrupting automotive technolog.
- So for all you investors or people connected to investors who want to be partners with us as we disrupt everything you know about EV 's, give us a call and we will tell you more (313) 247 2541.
- Risk: Low My team is made up of all experienced OEM people with over 300 years of knowledge, skills and experiences in all areas of automotive. My company is going to start small and grow. We are a niche manufacturer with plan to sell 30,000 units/yr. ($500 million in sales with 9% ROS). We are asset adverse and 80% of the parts are proven, current technology, high volume parts from automotive and industrial suppliers using existing tooling and we use contract engineering and manufacturing. My company does not make any parts and we use a contract assembler with their own plant that we share.
- Today, our company is 100% owned by Environmental Transportation Solutions and we are debt free. We have equity today worth over $15 million with about 10% private investment. 90% is considered good will because we have leveraged others and ourselves to do much of the work without having to pay cash for it. The investment we need to get started in 9 months is very small, $14 million, followed by an optional $12 million line-of-credit or which we should be able to get from a bank. Once we are funded, we can project delivery dates for advanced orders, which has been a requirement of our customers.
- The market research done in 7 States using our prototype with both fleet and private users suggests that the Low Speed Vehicle market in US is very under developed since enhanced golf carts are not what people really want. They want a smallish car that is affordable, safe with crash testing, versatile and can save them a lot of money. Eco V does all of that and more. We believe that the potential in the fleet market is 200,000 units per year and in the private use market 500,000 units per year. 700,000 units is equal to over $10.5 billion in sales! By starting small greatly reduce the risk for everyone. Today, we don’t have any direct competitors with a product with Eco V attributes.
- Reward: Big. Our projections say that we can buy out our investors in year 5 of production for 3 to 5x their initial investment. This is over a 20% ROI. But they can retain their equity and get dividend payouts as an alternative. After we reach 30,000 units per year we will either sell the company or increase investment to move into a bigger facility and grow our business to 100,000 units per year. With production in place we have the opportunity to license our technology and see Eco V like products be built around the World with royalties coming in. We are already talking to people in China, India and West Africa about doing CKD (Complete Knock Down Assembly) to Africa.
Perfect for fleets that just need to get their job done. Simple jobs need simple vehicles and our secret is simplicity.
Detroit Automotive Leadership. https://youtu.be/o5iel1QgAfk
Nobody's more Innovative. https://youtu.be/wvCjuQC31Ac
Eco V 00Z. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BDKuuouqQ0
If you partner up with Eco V today, you could make a lot of Green.
This family of 10 Smart Utility Vehicles is not designed to look pretty but instead to work hard and make a lot of money for fleet managers, individuals and investors all around the world.
Eco V bridges the gap between low speed and high speed better than any other EV design. We would like to share our Eco V and technology with the right partner/company and provide more practical and affordable global mobility solutions for the global masses. We are looking for a good fit and long term trustworthy partner where everyone wins…… especially the customers.
- Opportunities: Large. Much of this is outlined above. We need a little amount money to develop our Lithium-ion battery module option which will allow our customers to decide how much range they want. Anywhere from 25-40 miles all the way up to 320 miles per charge. And our battery will be a life of the vehicle battery lasting up to 20 years. Nobody really has this today. It will be the best all around value in the EV market today for the lowest price just like Henry Ford did in 1908. Eco V puts the Value back in a vehicle for the global masses.
- This Big Opportunity is the rare opportunity to repeat what Henry Ford did over a 100 years ago and that is to totally disrupt the transportation model today and provide an electric vehicle everyone can afford and go after the global mass market which no existing car company can do but us.