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If Europe and Japan Can Have Small, Cheap EVs, Why Can't America?

26 May 2022 | Abstracted from Arstechnica

"(US) automakers will argue that small cars are not profitable in the US...the last time we were offered an electric kei car in the form of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, it wasn't all that appealing to US car buyers.

"More affordable EVs designed with US tastes in mind are in the works at General Motors and Honda, although those vehicles are still five years away from market. In the meantime, it seems like our best hope for getting smaller, cheaper EVs on our streets might be by bombarding the companies with calls to do so."

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