"Recliner" wrote in message
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tim... wrote:


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On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:45:17 -0000, "tim..."
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Do you really think Geely is "a very small niche company"???

the market for "London" cabs is

tim

Not exclusive to London,

which is why it is in quotes

I was referring to London-style cabs,

not cabs that operate in London

I know that people elsewhere buy them, but they don't need to.

And ISTM that if you are going to have to spend billions on zero-emission
R&D that is more likely to be profitable if the product you are making is
more generic than a "London" cab.


I read a different newspaper article saying something similar

It appears
not. You appear also to know nothing about Geely, which you ludicrously
described as a "very small niche company".

OK I made the mistake of forgetting that it had been bought by a large
conglomerate

but nevertheless the market for this vehicle is small and niche

It's all very well the parent company having the funds to pay for this, but
companies usually expect each of their product sectors to survive on their
own sales, not be subsidised by the wealth of daddy.

And I don't believe that this little niche can support the R&D needed to
develop a zero emissions vehicle. It is a development based upon the "hope"
that they can expand sales into more regions than they have now.

and when the competition is from a more generic vehicle (that can be used
elsewhere as a taxi), I don't believe that they will achieve that.

Sometimes it does help to know at least a little about a subject before
commenting…

I know at least as much as the majority here

I have actually worked for a company (working towards) producing an electric
vehicle (so I know exactly how over-hyped it is)