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The only thing I am truly desirous of in life is that Honda E! Am so bummed they won't actually mass produce it. The next best thing would be plopping a Tesla p

by dluan 2y ago

The only thing I am truly desirous of in life is that Honda E! Am so bummed they won't actually mass produce it. The next best thing would be plopping a Tesla powertrain into a Nissan Figaro. China has some adorable small EVs right now, but that Honda E is the whole package.

formerly_proven 2y ago
It's a truly fantastic car (having only test-driven, not owned one), but in terms of car-buyer logic the Honda e basically cost SUV-amounts of money, so why not just buy an SUV, which is a much bigger and therefore better car?
- dluan 2y ago
  Cause it's not an SUV! It's a tiny cute little bug mobile. Considering the Fiat E was around the same ballpark price and people somehow bought those over 14 years ago, I think there would've been a market simply because there's not much else like it in the US. But that's only my opinion, and even though I just recently got a new boring SUV, I would instabuy a Honda E or equivalent adorable kei EV for my use case.
  - formerly_proven 2y ago
    Oh I totally get that and fully agree, but the revealed preference of the car market at large is to buy the physically largest vehicle within a given price range. And that makes the situation for smaller cars in the market quite tough.
TomK32 2y ago
Even as I cyclist I must agree that it's one of the nicest looking electric cars out there. So few people actually need a massive SUV which often even doesn't have that much extra loading capacity. For transporting a piece of furniture around town a cargo bike is the easier choice anyways.
- dluan 2y ago
  Imagine putting a cute little bike rack on top of the cute little roof.
  - TomK32 2y ago
    Like so? https://www.honda-welman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-Honda-e-Bicycle-Carrier-Easyfold-08L14-E09-E00-1536x983-1.jpg https://www.honda-welman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-... Or like on this old Mini? https://www.alamy.com/2000-green-rover-mini-cooper-sport-with-chopper-bicycle-on-roof-rack-flying-union-jack-flag-en-route-to-capesthorne-hall-classic-august-car-show-cheshire-uk-image464489574.html https://www.alamy.com/2000-green-rover-mini-cooper-sport-wit...
- serf 2y ago
  >Even as I cyclist I must agree that it's one of the nicest looking electric cars out there. cars and cyclists aren't mutually exclusive, even if popular media and outlets would have you think otherwise. > For transporting a piece of furniture around town a cargo bike is the easier choice anyways. wait, is this satire? if not then your definition of 'town' and 'furniture' are way different than mine -- and I own an electric cargo bike.

by dluan 2y ago

formerly_proven 2y ago

It's a truly fantastic car (having only test-driven, not owned one), but in terms of car-buyer logic the Honda e basically cost SUV-amounts of money, so why not just buy an SUV, which is a much bigger and therefore better car?

dluan 2y ago
Cause it's not an SUV! It's a tiny cute little bug mobile. Considering the Fiat E was around the same ballpark price and people somehow bought those over 14 years ago, I think there would've been a market simply because there's not much else like it in the US. But that's only my opinion, and even though I just recently got a new boring SUV, I would instabuy a Honda E or equivalent adorable kei EV for my use case.
- formerly_proven 2y ago
  Oh I totally get that and fully agree, but the revealed preference of the car market at large is to buy the physically largest vehicle within a given price range. And that makes the situation for smaller cars in the market quite tough.

TomK32 2y ago

Even as I cyclist I must agree that it's one of the nicest looking electric cars out there. So few people actually need a massive SUV which often even doesn't have that much extra loading capacity. For transporting a piece of furniture around town a cargo bike is the easier choice anyways.

dluan 2y ago
Imagine putting a cute little bike rack on top of the cute little roof.
- TomK32 2y ago
  Like so? https://www.honda-welman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-Honda-e-Bicycle-Carrier-Easyfold-08L14-E09-E00-1536x983-1.jpg https://www.honda-welman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-... Or like on this old Mini? https://www.alamy.com/2000-green-rover-mini-cooper-sport-with-chopper-bicycle-on-roof-rack-flying-union-jack-flag-en-route-to-capesthorne-hall-classic-august-car-show-cheshire-uk-image464489574.html https://www.alamy.com/2000-green-rover-mini-cooper-sport-wit...
serf 2y ago
>Even as I cyclist I must agree that it's one of the nicest looking electric cars out there. cars and cyclists aren't mutually exclusive, even if popular media and outlets would have you think otherwise. > For transporting a piece of furniture around town a cargo bike is the easier choice anyways. wait, is this satire? if not then your definition of 'town' and 'furniture' are way different than mine -- and I own an electric cargo bike.