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Correct. I was referring to how almost everyone seems to want an SUV or a Truck. We can discuss the merits of that, or why that is, another time - however, forcing people to go back to small cars would breed resentment and turn EVs into a national political issue overnight.

Edit: And by "force," I mean "price out of the market" relative to gas-powered vehicle prices.




Almost every company making EVs these days has truck or SUV models planned if they do not already have them for sale. Even the most recent round of US subsidies for electric vehicles favors trucks and SUVs over cars by having a signficiantly higher price cap for those types of vehicle to qualify for the subsidy vs cars. For better or worse, the EV transition (in the US) is not going to force people to buy smaller cars.




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