Rode for hours with my sister in her brand new Rivian pickup truck over the weekend. I’m sold now on getting an electric car next. The Rivian is really really nice. But why don’t have a model that isn’t fucking huge? The energy efficiency is wasted on all that mass.
Anyhow, what are the better car-sized #ev models out there these days? #electriccar
@beckett I second the recommendation for the Ioniq 5. My wife has one. We are leasing it because EV technology is developing so fast right now that by the time the lease is up, it’s likely to be way behind the times.
If you really want a small car, there’s always the Kia Nero EV.
I wish the USA imported some of the really small EVs that are available in Europe, like the Renault Clio, but apparently those don’t meet federal safety regulations.
We are leasing it because EV technology is developing so fast right now that by the time the lease is up, it’s likely to be way behind the times.
This is something that gets mentioned a fair bit, but outside of specific brands who have lagged behind (Toyota and Nissan come to mind), I'm not sure it's generally true industry wide. Your car, for example, is not markedly different than the model that was released in 2022.
This is not to say improvements can't or won't happen, but the the relative simplicity of electrive drivetrains seems to mean that most of the levers have been pulled and the technologies are mature. Electric motors have been around forever. It's really batteries where we hope for a breakthrough, but in the meantime they get just a little better each year.
I have a '22 EV6 and, frankly, I don't know what I'd get today that would feel like 4 years of technology advancement (outside infotainment). Certainly not in this price category!
(I'm not criticizing your lease, BTW, you probably got a screaming deal and depreciation has been a killer on these cars.)
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