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Plan' Success

by Jatinder » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:34 am
A major impediment to wide acceptance of electric vehicles even on the part of people who use their cars almost
exclusively for commuting is the inability to use electric vehicles for occasional extended trips. In an attempt to
make purchasing electric vehicles more attractive to commuters, one electric vehicle producer is planning to
offer customers three days free rental of a conventional car for every 1,000 miles that they drive their electric
vehicle.
Which of the following, if true, most threatens the plan’s prospects for success?

(A) Many eclectic vehicles that are used for commercial purposes are not needed for extended trips.
(B) Because a majority of commuters drive at least 100 miles a week, the cost to the producer of making good
the offer would add considerably to the already high price of electric vehicles.
(C) The relatively long time it takes to recharge the battery of an electric vehicle can easily be fitted into the
regular patterns of car use characteristic of commuters.
(D) Although eclectic vehicles are essentially emission-free in actual use, generating the electricity necessary
for charging an electric vehicle’s battery can burden the environment.
(E) Some family vehicles are used primarily not for commuting but for making short local trips, such as to do
errands.

[spoiler]OA: either A or B or C or D or E :-)[/spoiler]
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by raunekk » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:17 am
imo:C

tricky one...:)

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Re: Plan' Success

by parallel_chase » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:23 am
Jatinder wrote:A major impediment to wide acceptance of electric vehicles even on the part of people who use their cars almost
exclusively for commuting is the inability to use electric vehicles for occasional extended trips. In an attempt to
make purchasing electric vehicles more attractive to commuters, one electric vehicle producer is planning to
offer customers three days free rental of a conventional car for every 1,000 miles that they drive their electric
vehicle.
We need to find something that weakens manufacturer's plan.

There can be many cases:

1) Customers are still not willing to go for the plan [hidden costs or conditions]

2) Plan cost manufacturer, that is not feasible for the business.

3) Despite the fact that customers get induced by the plan, customers are still not happy with electric cars. [high prices, maintenance, etc]
(A) Many eclectic vehicles that are used for commercial purposes are not needed for extended trips.
(B) Because a majority of commuters drive at least 100 miles a week, the cost to the producer of making good
the offer would add considerably to the already high price of electric vehicles.
(C) The relatively long time it takes to recharge the battery of an electric vehicle can easily be fitted into the
regular patterns of car use characteristic of commuters.
(D) Although eclectic vehicles are essentially emission-free in actual use, generating the electricity necessary
for charging an electric vehicle’s battery can burden the environment.
(E) Some family vehicles are used primarily not for commuting but for making short local trips, such as to do
errands.

[spoiler]OA: either A or B or C or D or E :-)[/spoiler]
Only option B hurts the manufacturer/producer's plan. Kindly refer to condition 3 above.



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Re: Plan' Success

by Jatinder » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:52 am
parallel_chase wrote:
Jatinder wrote:A major impediment to wide acceptance of electric vehicles even on the part of people who use their cars almost
exclusively for commuting is the inability to use electric vehicles for occasional extended trips. In an attempt to
make purchasing electric vehicles more attractive to commuters, one electric vehicle producer is planning to
offer customers three days free rental of a conventional car for every 1,000 miles that they drive their electric
vehicle.
We need to find something that weakens manufacturer's plan.

There can be many cases:

1) Customers are still not willing to go for the plan [hidden costs or conditions]

2) Plan cost manufacturer, that is not feasible for the business.

3) Despite the fact that customers get induced by the plan, customers are still not happy with electric cars. [high prices, maintenance, etc]
(A) Many eclectic vehicles that are used for commercial purposes are not needed for extended trips.
(B) Because a majority of commuters drive at least 100 miles a week, the cost to the producer of making good
the offer would add considerably to the already high price of electric vehicles.
(C) The relatively long time it takes to recharge the battery of an electric vehicle can easily be fitted into the
regular patterns of car use characteristic of commuters.
(D) Although eclectic vehicles are essentially emission-free in actual use, generating the electricity necessary
for charging an electric vehicle’s battery can burden the environment.
(E) Some family vehicles are used primarily not for commuting but for making short local trips, such as to do
errands.

[spoiler]OA: either A or B or C or D or E :-)[/spoiler]
Only option B hurts the manufacturer/producer's plan. Kindly refer to condition 3 above.



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The plan is only to attract customers, So IMO (2) is ruled out.
Now how you are relating 3 to B?

B is just hurting the manufacturer
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Re: Plan' Success

by parallel_chase » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:20 am
Jatinder wrote: 1) Customers are still not willing to go for the plan [hidden costs or conditions]

2) Plan cost manufacturer, that is not feasible for the business.

3) Despite the fact that customers get induced by the plan, customers are still not happy with electric cars. [high prices, maintenance, etc]

Only option B hurts the manufacturer/producer's plan. Kindly refer to condition 2 above.

The plan is only to attract customers, So IMO (2) is ruled out.
Now how you are relating 3 to B?

B is just hurting the manufacturer
The question is "most threatens the plan’s prospects for success"

Plan's motive = attempt to
make purchasing electric vehicles more attractive to commuters

Plan can only be successful if the plan leads to = people shifting to electric cars.


Option B

the cost to the producer of making good the offer would add considerably to the already high price of electric vehicles.

Condition 2 is actually hurting manufacturer's plan success. Sorry for the typo. It should be condition 2 not 3.

Let me know your thoughts.

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by schumi_gmat » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:47 pm
I was confused between B and E

Agree with PC's explanation for B.

But E is also a good contender, I think.

Plan = attract customers using a promotion
Plan's success = more customers are attracted i.e more sales for EV for the producer.
Plans failure = weakness in the promotion.

In B as PC rightly pointed out, it will be high cost for the manufcturers but they are still hoping the plan to be successful.

In E, the manufacturers are assuming that family cars are used for small errands. What if cars are used for commuting, then the EV will cover the 1000 miles more number of times (even in a week )and then the manufacturers will have to provide conventional car more frequently which will cause the plan/promotion to fail .

Hence E.
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Re: Plan' Success

by Jatinder » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:22 am
parallel_chase wrote:
Jatinder wrote: 1) Customers are still not willing to go for the plan [hidden costs or conditions]

2) Plan cost manufacturer, that is not feasible for the business.

3) Despite the fact that customers get induced by the plan, customers are still not happy with electric cars. [high prices, maintenance, etc]

Only option B hurts the manufacturer/producer's plan. Kindly refer to condition 2 above.

The plan is only to attract customers, So IMO (2) is ruled out.
Now how you are relating 3 to B?

B is just hurting the manufacturer
The question is "most threatens the plan’s prospects for success"

Plan's motive = attempt to
make purchasing electric vehicles more attractive to commuters

Plan can only be successful if the plan leads to = people shifting to electric cars.


Option B

the cost to the producer of making good the offer would add considerably to the already high price of electric vehicles.

Condition 2 is actually hurting manufacturer's plan success. Sorry for the typo. It should be condition 2 not 3.

Let me know your thoughts.

OA?
OA is B.

Just one more question before i align my nuerons with your's

Condition 2 is a hurdle in implimenting the plan
I ruled out B bcoz

A hurdle in implimenting the plan may not be weakener for attracting customers to the plan

Let me know what do you think?
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by nervesofsteel » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:36 am
IMO B

Plan : To sell More EVs
Failure of Plan : If something prevents consumers to buy EVs.

(B) Because a majority of commuters drive at least 100 miles a week, the cost to the producer of making good
the offer would add considerably to the already high price of electric vehicles.

IF EVs are costly then consumers will not buy it even if there is an promotional offer on it..... this will lead to failure of plan...


(E) Some family vehicles are used primarily not for commuting but for making short local trips, such as to do
errands

Incorrect
1) If vehicles are used for short trips then it is not necessary that they will cover 1000 miles soon... and thus will not cause increase cost for manufacturer and will ultimately prevent increase in cost of EVs... AND THE PLAN WILL BE SUCCESSFUL....
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best explain

by zyjzyj » Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:22 pm
logical structure is :
1, "bad sales" due to "inability to occasional extended trip", but it's also an assumption; maybe because of another thing like high price;
2, so producer wanna make an free offer to make up "inability"; it also may works and may not works;

so my idea is:

1 is more basically, E only threaten 2, but B threaten both 1 and 2, so if question is most threaten, B is better than E
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by nicolette » Fri May 13, 2016 2:44 am
I would go with option B as the correct option
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