The FOP and this were the most disturbing aspects to me:

Everything about this disturbs me.  ACAB

I’ll trump both your cards with the weirdest one in Cincinnati.

Name one car that only uses 60% of it’s total capacity as programmed from the factory. I’ll wait. Most only block out a few percent at the very top and a few percent at the very bottom. Porsche is probably the most conservative with its usable capacity being around 90% of the total capacity.

One correction, the reason why Prius (and other Toyota hybrids) batteries last so long is that they solely operate in the 40-80% state of charge range.  EVs are allowed to operate closer to 0 and 100% based on user behavior.

Agree. Gen III facelift with the factory forged alloy wheels is the best Prius.

a hoot to drive in “power” mode. all the instant torque

If you are going to pay low $20k’s for a Bolt make it a brand new 2020 or 2021. There is no reason to pay $22k on a 2017-2018 that has 20k+ miles and is currently under recall. These should be solidly in the mid-teens.

I bought a 2021 Bolt LT with every single option for $26900.  Even including TTL, registration and insurance for the first year I’m under $30k.  I know there are other people in other regions that were able to get even better deals than I did (some even just below $20k).

Could it also be that a company which produces solely electric vehicles, which ride on the edge of regulations (FSD), which use a proprietary charging infrastructure may not be the audience needed to expand the adoption of EV and provide future EVs that replace ICE offerings.

New electric cars are currently not very affordable, and have never really been, as even with the $7,500 federal tax credit and various state incentives, even the cheapest EVs come in at over $20,000, often well over.

The Leaf.

Looks are subjective. The three things that miss the mark on the 2017-2021 are: 1) seats could be much better (addressed with 2022), 2) adaptive cruise control missing (addressed with 2022 EUV), and 3) DCFC charging rate. One could also debate the lack of AWD availability.

The Bolt completely misread the market (let’s take on the premium Tesla Model 3 with a not-budget hatchback!) and I kind of wanted it to succeed in spite of itself.

So a Highlander with a truly viable 3rd row, that is, a lifted Sienna...

Not if you have the right car.

I’ll second that and add the Chevy Trax. Had one as a loaner and it felt like a form of punishment. Even the Chevy Trailblazer I had on the next visit felt a vacation in comparison. The Trax I had was the top-of-the-line FWD trim and had an MSRP of $24,400. I can’t for the life of me figure out who believes that is…

Current gen Civic is 71” (not including mirrors). Add in mirrors you are looking at a minimum of 81” effective width (likely more). For a 7’6” door you will likely have 1-2 inches of frame overhang to overlap the door itself on both sides. Giving the greatest benefit of the doubt for both door size and effective…

Came to say the same, if they had only put a Corolla MT in it.

You forget there are houses in the US that were built before 1960 and 7'6" and 7' garage door widths are fairly common in most older urban houses.  A car this small goes from “a car will never fit in there” to “see there is plenty of space” compared to the massive SUVs of today.