I mean, you are deleting 700-900 lbs for a fully outfitted engine/transmission & 12v batteries plus the regular genset and house batteries would round that number out to an even 1k of weight savings and on top of that eliminating the fuel tank and a full load of fuel, not certain how the weight balance would be…

Braking with significantly increased weight is also not an issue with regenerative braking doing 85% of the work.

Well, yes it is but 90km is still very short. It's more of a PHEV.

I think that this is designed for Europe, where the distances are often smaller.

They tried cheap-and-cheerful in North America as well, but had to endure the development cycles necessary to get the their agricultural-grade Pony and Stellar out of the showrooms in Canada, and replace them with the merely industrial-grade Excel and Sonata. People did vote with their wallets though, and made the…

Could be, but somehow I doubt it.

Even though the US is already trying to enter the EV realm with Teslas, Dodge EVs, and Hummers, I feel like the physical mass of each of those cars (minus, really, the Model 3, Y, and Bolt) would already be too big to compete on a global scale, so American cars are effectively only for Americans. It doesn’t matter if…

Honestly it’s kind of a shame because it seems like the future for American car options boils down to the following, EV or not:

1. A massive truck, larger than what you realistically need in a big city.
2. A massive SUV, larger than what you realistically need in a big city.
3. An awful subcompact crossover, perfect size…

There’s a big “forbidden fruit” effect happening on this site.  If something is not available stateside, the staff and comentariat gush all over it.

The looks of this car will be helpful in Europe though. Our market also has this strange need for caricatures of hypermasculinity, but not to the same extent as the US. Luckily.

Oh now, they’re not addicted to fossil fuel, they’re addicted to money, which fossil fuel interests have in abundance.

Right. American marketing needs to start at whatever is more offensive than Hellcat and ramp up from there. I’d probably start with the Patriot Cat, Don’t Tread On Me Cat, or ‘Muricat.

I think the rule of thumb is that the more Jalop writers hate it, the more it will sell. If they love it, then it either won’t be offered in the USA, has been discontinued, or will be at the end of the current cycle.

If we can get rid of those knuckle-dragging fossil-fuel-addicted Neanderthals from congress, then maybe we’ll have a good chance of reaching that goal.

And most global manufacturers with a footprint in the US also make a raft of body on frame vehicles, including multiple pickups.

Its like they don’t remember the German “fill all the niches” plan of the 2000's

“I don’t know how Hyundai does it. These days, if there’s a car to build or a category it hasn’t served yet, it finds a way to fill that gap. Soon you’ll be able to get a Veloster, an Elantra or even a Kona with the same high-output turbo-four; this is also the same company that will sell you a three-row SUV.”

Is this so that the rest of the world can join the US in buying mostly SUV’s? Will we see Europe and Asia join in our SUV/CUV only production value?

The Lexus CT 200h. It had cool sporty looks, and yet managed to be considerably slower (in my mind) than the gen 3. Prius with which it shared its underpinnings and mechanicals. Merging onto the highway in one was not confidence-inspiring.

Needed not only more power, but more reliable power...