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It's somewhat disappointing that the move to EV's hasn't heralded an era of small, cheap city cars. It seemed like such a great opportunity. That said, in some

• paradox460 3y ago
  I want such a car. A "go grab milk at the store" car I've got my ice car for road trips, but something small and zippy would be great for just short, irregular trips
• porkbeer 3y ago
  Blame safety standards that have been bloating cars for decades and the reaaon the f150 is so popular.
• qball 3y ago
  >It's somewhat disappointing that the move to EV's hasn't heralded an era of small, cheap city cars. The reason why this hasn't happened is because small, cheap city cars are the absolute worst-case for electrification, being that: * Battery energy density isn't there yet; electric cars in this size only have a range of maybe 250km compared to the ~700 you can get from even older generations of turbo 3/4-cylinder engine cars so you won't even get a week's commute before you have to charge * On-street parking (and apartment parking) is not electrified, and won't be for another couple decades; if you have the means to afford a house you can afford a superior normal car instead anyway * Proper charging takes about 45 minutes up from the 5 minutes it takes to charge a normal car, and you have to do that every few days rather than every two weeks * Stiff competition from used normal cars are still cheaper to own, operate, and insure, and the normal cars are superior products If batteries had 4x the energy density (or a consolation prize of being able to charge fully in 2 minutes) it'd be a different story. But they don't, so any EV smaller than an SUV is a strictly inferior product to a normal car at the same price bracket.
• ErikCorry 3y ago
  I don't think Detroit is set up to build small electric cars like the Renault Zoe. It's the perfect city car. I guess the Renault 5 will be similar.