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16 points

And a 55 inch touch screen. So stupid. Make simple efficient EVs and you’ll sell millions.

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Someone at GM finally realized this and un-canceled the Bolt. Still waiting for VW to wake up and ship the ID3 in North America.

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I don’t think VW, or any German Car brand for that matter, really wants to sell small (electric) vehicles anymore.

VW desperately wants to cancel the Up! in Europe in favour of SUVs, BMW cancelled the i3 a long time ago and only introduced either EV land yachts or giant EV SUVs since then. Mercedes just launched a new Smart EV (which is actually a Geely) but it’s not exactly small.

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6 points

I want the EV equivalent of a 1983 GTI: Practical, fun, cheap, simple

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Market says otherwise. Automakers aren’t eliminating compact and sub compact models because they sell a ton of them.

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They don’t make them, how can you seek what you don’t make? They purposefully made less of them and said no one bought them so we’ll keep making giant (expensive) SUVs instead, plus those are easier to make due to the more lenient rules on large “utility” vehicle emissions

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Your assertion is that they stopped making models that were successful in order to force people to buy models that would otherwise not be popular?

You know this sounds crazy, right?

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