@Willeke It's not an inherent property of EVs. EVs are still more expensive than equivalent ICEs, so to make up for this manufacturers add more features to improve the value, but that makes them heavier and even more expensive. You could make affordable EVs that aren't crazy heavy, but they wouldn't sell as they would be too bare-bones.
@Erlkoenig, if you start with a SUV you can never make it a light EV. If you start with a small car, adding a few fancy bits will it not push into the SUV weight class.
I do not drive but I have heard people complain that they can no longer buy a new small EV, like based on a Polo or even a Ka.
They might be around but the adds I hear and see are all for obese cars.
This EB is surely not targeted to those who hang out at bicycles.SE. The question is: Might it, conceivably, appeal to the FPO (Fat Premier of Ontario)?
What has he done to deserve mocking — our wrath, even? Here is the reason: toronto.ctvnews.ca/…
I expect governments in the future to promote smaller cars, because they are much less damaging roads, safer for other road users and so on. The trend to SUV is terrible for road safety and the planet.
@Erlkoenig Right. Now the question is: suppose you "trim the fat" out of an EV all the way. You produce the smallest and cheapest EV that allows 90% of people to commute, (while perhaps still enjoying heating or air conditioning), what would that "EV" look like?
A wide adoption of such minimal vehicles benefits those who believe in Human-Powered Vehicles (HPVs), because the cycling network becomes much more dominant.
Micro cars are rather popular in Amsterdam, partly because they have (almost) no parking restrictions. Fit two adults, are allowed to go 45 kmh, only a moped licence is needed and minimum age of 16.
Here I see some, but city is their natural habitat.
Micro cars used to have petrol engines but the newer ones have a plug and batteries instead.
@Willeke That's cool. The follow-up question then is: suppose you want to allow even younger youths to ride (alone) — say as young as 12. Suppose also that you don't want to require a license at all, nor insurance (just like bikes). Last, suppose that you would not want them to ride among cars or, really, on roads. They would be restricted to bicycle lanes and bicycles paths. What would that vehicle look like?
Obviously one answer is: it's a bicycle!
But that's also the "trivial" (in a math sense) answer.
The question asks: what is the most powerful, most comfortable (rideable by someone who is neither athletic nor muscular, such as a kid or a senior), and fastest such vehicle?
> A meeting has just been scheduled for in the office tomorrow morning with the senior management from the company. It is going to be only face to face and not online , so it is important that you get here for it.
