Now if only those "safe" cars were as fuel-efficient as the kei cars, no one would have to pick one vs the other. I feel Tesla is the only trailblazer doing th

Now if only those "safe" cars were as fuel-efficient as the kei cars, no one would have to pick one vs the other. I feel Tesla is the only trailblazer doing the right thing in terms of evolving cars further. Granted, they are astronomically priced and hence designed to appeal to the "looks"-concisous buyers who want not just a no-emission vehicle, but also a status symbol of sorts. Eventually, the advances in technology ("fuel" efficiency) and material science (safety) pioneered by Tesla's high-priced cars today, will result in consumer-grade, common-as-mud, family schlepping four wheels, to be accessible to a much larger swath of the population. Then, this discussion will be moot!