Well the answer so far is to increase the requirements for car occupant safety which thickens the pillars, shrinks the windows, raises the beltlines, raises the hood height, etc.

Can’t wait to see the specs of the plug-in hybrid version. Given California’s requirements encouraging “strong” plug-in hybrids with a range of 50 electric miles, then this could be a great solution for times when a BEV pickup doesn’t work (towing and hauling long distances, rural areas with not much public charging,…

Agreed. It did fine for a low-traffic 35 mile commute. We had charging there and at home. Definitely better at lower speeds.

Former i3 owner here and still 6'6".

This.

Yup, when I sat in a BZ4X at the LA Auto Show, the steering wheel blocked the top of the gauges. Same design on the Prius. Nice.

What box can one check on the option list that lowers the hood 6"?

Hope all the EV-skeptic executives now feel better now that they’ve had a chance to take a survey and vent.

Sorry, what am missing? How does this scale? It’s tough to bring all the wind in Chile to other parts of the world, and hey - what’s a few thousand miles of transmission lines across nature?

Those aren’t KIA dealers; those are KN dealers.

That’s what the industry is trying to figure out. It’s unclear.

Well, Acura nailed the windows being 1/3 the size of the sheetmetal of the door and rocker panel, the thick pillars for horrendous outward visibility, as well as the swoopy back window that limits the “utility” part of SUV.

Because we all watched too many Cylons on Battlestar Galactica. Or KITT on Knight Rider.

This. Thank you.

North side of Clear Lake. 

True that. Election season is... always.

Dang. So two things: a bunch of people should be fired, and we don’t have to have such crappy outward visibility?

Agree. Talk about an outdated policy that needs to be looked at to be revamped... oh, both sides will just yell at each other.

1964 Willys Traveller:

How is this possible? The pillars are thick. The belt line is high. The windows are tiny. How much sheet metal and steel horizontal beams does a vehicle need to pass these test? Or is the goal to have every modern vehicle look like a battle tank? Where is the disconnect?