boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAutomakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report saysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down13
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minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoHonestly, I’d love a smart car sized EV. If I’m just running errands I don’t need my truck (it’s a Santa Cruz, not a gas guzzler). And my wife has to commute 40 miles a day, which makes her jeep kinda impractical.
minus-squarebluGill@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago99% of the time that is all I need. However the cost of two vehicles is so high I end up with a large truck for that 1% of the time (every try to rent a truck to use as a truck? it isn’t possible as there are so many restrictions)
minus-squareyessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThere is an electric Smart, they just don’t sell it in the USA
Honestly, I’d love a smart car sized EV. If I’m just running errands I don’t need my truck (it’s a Santa Cruz, not a gas guzzler).
And my wife has to commute 40 miles a day, which makes her jeep kinda impractical.
99% of the time that is all I need. However the cost of two vehicles is so high I end up with a large truck for that 1% of the time (every try to rent a truck to use as a truck? it isn’t possible as there are so many restrictions)
There is an electric Smart, they just don’t sell it in the USA