Yes, exactly these models, they were the ones available in the early iterations. I love my 2019 Chevy Bolt and hope to get 5 more years and 200,000 more kilometres out of it, I love it for it’s insane practicality and low costs, but it does have a sort of oval shape to it that I don’t prefer to a sedan or crossover.
So car manufacturers did not want EVs as they would require radical changes, but they wanted to show governments that they are also exploring the idea. So they purposefully made ugly looking cars with very low mileage then reported “see? No one wants EVs”
Tesla really changed that image and showed that EVs can look attractive and be practical.
What. Electric cars look like…an egg? Was he from a different planet‽
Nissan Leaf, Chevy Bolt, Toyota Prius, and the early Honda insights are all rather round. Especially the earlier iterations of the cars.
Yes, exactly these models, they were the ones available in the early iterations. I love my 2019 Chevy Bolt and hope to get 5 more years and 200,000 more kilometres out of it, I love it for it’s insane practicality and low costs, but it does have a sort of oval shape to it that I don’t prefer to a sedan or crossover.
Probably he was thinking of something like a Twike.
I would drive that any day ngl.
I would drive that if American roads weren’t so crowded with oversized pickup trucks and SUVs.
They are super expensive unfortunately
So car manufacturers did not want EVs as they would require radical changes, but they wanted to show governments that they are also exploring the idea. So they purposefully made ugly looking cars with very low mileage then reported “see? No one wants EVs”
Tesla really changed that image and showed that EVs can look attractive and be practical.