Ford and Red Bull Already Developing "Strategically Important" EV TogetherHere lies the issue-small cars are more accepted in other places of the world like the EU due to urbanization and better/subsidized mass transit options like trains.
As for the E up...look at this
https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/vw-plans-restart-sales-e-electric-minicar-demand-surges-affordable-evs#:~:text=VW stopped selling the e,according to German press reports.
Small cars in the US (at least from what was the big 3) where sold to meet CAFE regulations and on price-they never made money or much money on the Escort, Focus or Fiesta. Making CAFE I'm going to assume going forward isn't going to be as big of deal going forward.
Look at the reintroduction of the Mini to the market-the current products are enormous vs what the original was.
Also the whole self driving car thing that automakers are looking at doing (which is technically impossible without spending a huge amount of money in infrastructure updates) I'm thinking was to be the solution for low cost vehicles-ride sharing would replace the entry market because for the next 10-20 years it would be hard to make a BEV that the market wanted and make money on it. A self driving pod would have been the solution to that.Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:47:51 +0000
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