I can attest, yes, just big enough for an 8 year old. Got driven to Star Wars in the back of one. One flaw though, the seat belt always gets caught in the back latch when dropped back into place.

That will slow adoption, no doubt. But we have a history of retrofitting gas, electricity, water, telephones, and insuite toilets into existing housing. If a landlord can make money off it they will.

Inductive/contactless charging will still add both a penalty weight on the car not to mention slow charging. Making it fast means having ‘death-rings’ on your floor that will at least make whole-carcas cooking faster and create great new plots for CSI:Cyber. Also, it would be more expenseive and harder to install and…

Eventually most urban people will realize they don’t travel very far, pretty much every city car could be 100% EV. The biggest drawbacks are retrofitting charging in garages and the effect of high/low temperature on battery packs.

I question the origin date. I grew up with a GMC Suburban (3/4 2wd) and the centre console (bucket seat option) had two cupholders that were certainly adequate for a 12oz solo cup, which my father doubled up for insulation and used for coffee. It was mid/late 1970s, lets say 1978 model year.