E+ Real Real Gone???
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deerfencer
Feb 28, 2009, 10:12:19 AM2/28/09
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I posted the same a few minutes ago at TF forum:
As far as I can tell the last post (and E+ reply) on E+'s Google forum
is dated
January 27, and now we have a TF forum member reporting he can't post
his questions
there. Add the fact that one of their top engineers, Rakesh,
has left the company recently and things start to look more than a
little grim.
The last thing I want to do is promote false rumors here, especially
regarding the possible demise of a company with a product line as
promising and admirable as E+'s, so I'm asking anyone with real
knowledge here to step forward and fill us in. Obviously E+'s
financial health and business solvency have everything to do with a
prospective e-bike buyer's choices here, and I'm guessing there might
be one or two forum members out there who might know something about
what's going on.
LH
As far as I can tell the last post (and E+ reply) on E+'s Google forum
is dated
January 27, and now we have a TF forum member reporting he can't post
his questions
there. Add the fact that one of their top engineers, Rakesh,
has left the company recently and things start to look more than a
little grim.
The last thing I want to do is promote false rumors here, especially
regarding the possible demise of a company with a product line as
promising and admirable as E+'s, so I'm asking anyone with real
knowledge here to step forward and fill us in. Obviously E+'s
financial health and business solvency have everything to do with a
prospective e-bike buyer's choices here, and I'm guessing there might
be one or two forum members out there who might know something about
what's going on.
LH
deerfencer
Feb 28, 2009, 2:02:11 PM2/28/09
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Rich Papa posted the following on the TF forum this afternoon:
> EMS are fine,
>
> Rich
Rich has been in touch recently with Rakesh, who is a former top
engineer at EMS (just recently resigned), so I'm going to take this as
a reliable source.
I'd strongly suggest EMS start minding their websites though--it looks
terrible if the Google forum appears abandoned or unmonitored, and
EMS's home site has no news posted for months now, so also appears
dormant/untended. Since perception is all in marketing, this is not a
trivial matter IMO. What is a prospective buyer to think when he/she
finds both sites in limbo like this?
FWIW my e-mail query to EMS got an auto-reply mentioning that the
normal contact person is on maternity leave, and gave a forwarding e-
mail contact. We'll see if I hear back from him next week.
LH
> EMS are fine,
>
> Rich
Rich has been in touch recently with Rakesh, who is a former top
engineer at EMS (just recently resigned), so I'm going to take this as
a reliable source.
I'd strongly suggest EMS start minding their websites though--it looks
terrible if the Google forum appears abandoned or unmonitored, and
EMS's home site has no news posted for months now, so also appears
dormant/untended. Since perception is all in marketing, this is not a
trivial matter IMO. What is a prospective buyer to think when he/she
finds both sites in limbo like this?
FWIW my e-mail query to EMS got an auto-reply mentioning that the
normal contact person is on maternity leave, and gave a forwarding e-
mail contact. We'll see if I hear back from him next week.
LH
Jérôme Daoust
Feb 28, 2009, 2:36:54 PM2/28/09
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On Feb 28, 7:12 am, deerfencer <deerfenc...@aol.com> wrote:
> I posted the same a few minutes ago at TF forum:
To reduce the copy/pasting...
> I posted the same a few minutes ago at TF forum:
Related discussion on TF forum:
http://groups.google.com/group/Tidalforce/browse_thread/thread/cf7c77a5b363a4bb#
On Endless Sphere:
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8871
E+ Forum:
http://groups.google.com/group/EplusElectricBicycle/topics
deerfencer
Feb 28, 2009, 9:08:33 PM2/28/09
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Received the following message today from EMS and am much relieved to
report that the company appears well and quite alive. Best of luck to
them and their new website, and sorry if I jumped the shark.
LH
<<Gentlemen Greetings,
My name is Tim and I am the Director or Sales and marketing here at
Electric Motion Systems. There seems to be much speculation as to the
health of EMS since the departure of the former President. I can
assure you we are alive and well. All Engineers involved in the
original design and development of the E+ are still here at EMS
diligently working on new technologies and further product offerings.
These are exciting times for us all!
Within the next few weeks we will be rolling out a new corporate
website at www.epluselectricbike.com that will include some new
products. For now, this address just links back to our current
address. As to our Google forum, I was unaware no one could post.
I’m having this looked at currently, my apologies.
Once again, EMS is stronger and healthier than ever and moving in a
positive direction!
Cheers,
Tim>>
On Feb 28, 2:36 pm, Jérôme Daoust <EyesToThe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 7:12 am, deerfencer <deerfenc...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > I posted the same a few minutes ago at TF forum:
>
> To reduce the copy/pasting...
>
> Related discussion on TF forum:http://groups.google.com/group/Tidalforce/browse_thread/thread/cf7c77...
report that the company appears well and quite alive. Best of luck to
them and their new website, and sorry if I jumped the shark.
LH
<<Gentlemen Greetings,
My name is Tim and I am the Director or Sales and marketing here at
Electric Motion Systems. There seems to be much speculation as to the
health of EMS since the departure of the former President. I can
assure you we are alive and well. All Engineers involved in the
original design and development of the E+ are still here at EMS
diligently working on new technologies and further product offerings.
These are exciting times for us all!
Within the next few weeks we will be rolling out a new corporate
website at www.epluselectricbike.com that will include some new
products. For now, this address just links back to our current
address. As to our Google forum, I was unaware no one could post.
I’m having this looked at currently, my apologies.
Once again, EMS is stronger and healthier than ever and moving in a
positive direction!
Cheers,
Tim>>
On Feb 28, 2:36 pm, Jérôme Daoust <EyesToThe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 7:12 am, deerfencer <deerfenc...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > I posted the same a few minutes ago at TF forum:
>
> To reduce the copy/pasting...
>
deerfencer
Mar 1, 2009, 11:14:23 AM3/1/09
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FYI I've invited Tim to use the TF forum as a kind of temporary
interim "home" while he straightens out EMS's problems with its Google
forum and new home website, so interested members might want to check
the TF boards for EMS news over the next week or so if those other
sites are problematic.
LH
On Feb 28, 9:08 pm, deerfencer <deerfenc...@aol.com> wrote:
> Received the following message today from EMS and am much relieved to
> report that the company appears well and quite alive. Best of luck to
> them and their new website, and sorry if I jumped the shark.
>
> LH
>
> <<Gentlemen Greetings,
>
> My name is Tim and I am the Director or Sales and marketing here at
> Electric Motion Systems. There seems to be much speculation as to the
> health of EMS since the departure of the former President. I can
> assure you we are alive and well. All Engineers involved in the
> original design and development of the E+ are still here at EMS
> diligently working on new technologies and further product offerings.
> These are exciting times for us all!
>
> Within the next few weeks we will be rolling out a new corporate
> website atwww.epluselectricbike.comthat will include some new
interim "home" while he straightens out EMS's problems with its Google
forum and new home website, so interested members might want to check
the TF boards for EMS news over the next week or so if those other
sites are problematic.
LH
On Feb 28, 9:08 pm, deerfencer <deerfenc...@aol.com> wrote:
> Received the following message today from EMS and am much relieved to
> report that the company appears well and quite alive. Best of luck to
> them and their new website, and sorry if I jumped the shark.
>
> LH
>
> <<Gentlemen Greetings,
>
> My name is Tim and I am the Director or Sales and marketing here at
> Electric Motion Systems. There seems to be much speculation as to the
> health of EMS since the departure of the former President. I can
> assure you we are alive and well. All Engineers involved in the
> original design and development of the E+ are still here at EMS
> diligently working on new technologies and further product offerings.
> These are exciting times for us all!
>
> Within the next few weeks we will be rolling out a new corporate
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