There already are a few EV fora to check.

Start adding in the "want to drive cheaper" crowd to the want cheap electric crowd and there goes the DIY crowd, lost in the overhead.

I don't think you will get the boys to change much of anything and if they do, I hope its NOT an EV topic.

Newbies just opened the floodgates for the lazy.

"EV" will just open it for more silliness.

This forum is pretty much fine as it is. Any changes should be in regards fixing the bugs. Not to mention fixing the dozens of pages of erroneous information in the old static [fixed] pages that do not reflect advancements in the field. People still think the "Air X" is worth building, for cripes sake because nobody with the access has taken the time to update it to reflect it was a very very early project! Just one "for instance".

Besides, thats a good use of the Diary section.

It is fairly apparent to me that we already have an insane list of topics and most are simply there because nobody will change anything.

Thought up on the fly 6 years ago and never retouched. If they add any more they MUST remove a couple. IMHO

There, thats my raw opinion. Its not exactly up to me, but thats how I feel.

I actually am considering an electric bike of some sort to charge off the RE so I am not "against" the subject. I just feel it is inappropriate here as a new topic when the site needs a good going over to prune and clarify topics that we already have. Again, nothing I can do about any of it, so probably a moot point.

Tom