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This is more of an industry problem than an EV problem - in general all car models have become bigger, faster and heavier over time Compare the original mini v

This is more of an industry problem than an EV problem - in general all car models have become bigger, faster and heavier over time Compare the original mini vs the new ones, and today's 3 Series is easily the size of an old 5 Series, etc. Consumers like toys and safety features, so now even smaller vehicles have climate control and multi way electrically adjustable seats along with all the bits to make that stuff work - before you got a sunroof if you were lucky, and a lever to move the seat back and forwards

radpanda 4y ago
> This is more of an industry problem than an EV problem Look at the door on a classic Mini though: https://www.rwclassicminis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220727_091735_resized.jpg https://www.rwclassicminis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/... If you told the designers they had to make a car the size of the classic Mini but comply with all modern safety regulations I suspect it would become shockingly small on the inside (I mean, even more-so than a Mini already is). So it's a governance problem - government's answer to road deaths has been bigger, stronger cars built to do well on safety tests (and hopefully in real-world crashes). Which really is a people problem - many other safety measures like more stringent vehicle inspections, thorough driver's education, lower speed limits, limits on vehicle power, are big government overreach to many.