Technology

There are a lot of reasons that wouldn’t fly in the US:

• too tiny compared to the behemoths around. I’d be afraid
• doesn’t say speed but a lot of “city” cars have city speed limits: most people use high speed roads at least some of the time
• as average new car prices pass $50k, maybe people are less likely to have multiple cars than in the past
• legacy manufacturers only build smaller runs of higher profit trims, and have successfully bought protection from competition

When I was married, I did always have a small cheap commuter car, like a Civic, and ensure my ex had the big car that’s also More comfortable on road trips. But I’m no longer married so can’t justify multiple cars. My one car does need to serve the occasional road trip, so I’m more comfortable with my current 300+ mile range.

But there continue to be more full sized pickups on the road and those are what I notice with worse and worse driving.truck guys used to have pride in their driving skills but now they’re some of the worst and just seem arrogant that “I’m bigger than you so can do what I want”. I don’t even think I’d feel safe in my civic anymore and certainly not my old Miata , much less something smaller.

I’m really fascinated by the Slate truck’s simple and modular concept. If that succeeds I’ll be tempted to get that as a second car even with its limited range - it would add capability, a spare resource, and range is plenty for commuting