Replies to post #3631 on Westport Fuel Systems Inc (WPRT)

[Jack_Bolander]

Correction: NGV's are a small niche 170,000 vehicles and ALL NGV manufacturers have stated that the rate of growth is slowing.

If units sales are slowing... where do you come up with, "Presumably, as mfg scale increases, our cost per engine will drop and our affordability will rise ...".?

Even if an NGV cost was the same as a diesel or gasoline engine, the rate of growth would be slowing. For the same reasons why you don't own or drive an NGV.

There is a lack of infrastructure; it is inconvenient; the ROI isn't worth the aggravation.

[dwbower]

Nothing said on this network will impact why this stock is bought or sold. The price suddenly dropped why? A couple articles came out that weren't earth shaking one way or the other.

I want to know if the WPRT can honor its contracts. It does not appear to yet fully manifest its obligations which I understand are supposed to pick up by the end of the year.

I want to know if there is a demand for there product. There is. Does it have to be the next thing that catches on? Probably not.

Does it fill a need, in this case low emissions. Yes, it does. Does everyone need to get on board. Probably not as there is other alternatives.

So why isn't there more stability here. Perception. Just when it appears to be some positive momentum, it becomes negative. Some figure they know why. I look at those like somebody claiming a certain politician is supposed to win and doesn't. Or a sports teams isn't supposed to be a champion and it does. Looking back thru it is easy to claim to know why. Looking forward that is not so obvious.

I read a far amount of stuff on WPRT, but always find myself wondering, how in the world did it go the direction it just went. Perception? Who the heck knows on any given day what they will be?