I see it’s massive still, really tired of this vehicle the size of a bus trend
How else am I going to get my family and my fat ass to Costco to get all my bulk foods and a pizza on my way out the door to save me multiple trips to different stores? Duh.
Maybe I’m the odd man out but my car is tiny and I’ve never gotten anywhere near enough groceries to run out of space
There are ups and downs. If the size gives increased passenger capacity that can be the difference between needing one or two vehicles for a trip.
Big vehicles means more weight though, which means bigger batteries to get range at even more weight. The Hummer EV for example weighs 4.5t with 1400kg of that being battery. That means extra wear on tires (as well at reinforced sidewalls), roads, and additional considerations for parking garages or bridges etc
Oh great. Another gigantic SUV. Surely what the world needs most at this point in time.
It’s an electric vehicle, why such a big front? There is no gas engine in it.
Probably has a drunk which ends up being super helpful during road trips etc because you can pack the same without blocking the rear window
And a 55 inch touch screen. So stupid. Make simple efficient EVs and you’ll sell millions.
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.
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.
Market says otherwise. Automakers aren’t eliminating compact and sub compact models because they sell a ton of them.
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
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?
This is gonna be stupid heavy. My Toyota Avalon is 3,638lbs and would just get pulverized in anything more than a parking lot fender bender. For reference, the current-generation Escalade can weigh up to 6,217lbs and the Hummer EV, which the Escalade IQ might be based off of, is 9,063lbs (as mentioned in the article). This thing is going to kill people.
