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I would assume that in high-density areas, having a smaller car that's easier to control and park would be an advantage over the bigger cars. Fuel cost is also
by Renaud 8y ago
I would assume that in high-density areas, having a smaller car that's easier to control and park would be an advantage over the bigger cars. Fuel cost is also a factor with smaller cars usually being more efficient, especially in urban traffic conditions.
I would expect these electric cars would probably compete with these smaller models in dense urban areas.
- azinman2 8y agoYet the smart car never really took off, even in said high-density areas.
- so33 8y agoMaybe the smart car was too small, but “Small” cars (by American standards, anyway) are still popular. They’re just disguised as SUVs and classified as “subcompact crossovers”. With how wide American roads tend to be, the Smart car is perhaps unnecessarily small for America.
- azinman2 8y agoYet you can park in many spaces in SF that a regular car cannot. So it can’t just be about utility...