What’s wrong with that? I’d rather have a small car that I don’t have to crawl out of. So a small SUV would be much better than the regular smaller cars.
Is it just because the word “SUV” is somehow tainted with evil? Because as I understand it, the main beefs people have with SUVs is that they’re big and have poor gas mileage. The “small” and “electric” parts of that description counter those problems.
Electric vehicles are very much not top-heavy. They are typically built with the batteries as a platform along the bottom, lowering their centers of gravity significantly. If anything this has become somewhat of a problem, road barriers aren’t designed with such low centers of gravity in mind and testing has shown that some EVs tend to go under barriers when they hit them.
It’s the word “concept” that worries me. Concept cars rarely make it into production without significant alterations, and frequently those alterations take away what made the concept interesting and unique in the first place.
Concept cars are usually just the company/designers showing what they could do, not what they will do.
This one appears to be a roadworthy prototype vehicle that is going to participate in some driving challenge at Goodwood. But Honda doesn’t have any details to share about possible production dates, so it’s still far away if ever.
into the trash it goes.
What’s wrong with that? I’d rather have a small car that I don’t have to crawl out of. So a small SUV would be much better than the regular smaller cars.
Yup. I have a kona electric and love the size. Easier to get in/out than my old mazda 3 and the hatch is convenient for groceries etc
Just get lifted suspension on a sedan. Same thing.
sure, but that looks fucking dumb.
Is it just because the word “SUV” is somehow tainted with evil? Because as I understand it, the main beefs people have with SUVs is that they’re big and have poor gas mileage. The “small” and “electric” parts of that description counter those problems.
“Small suv” is just a sedan that is brick shaped. Its less aerodynamic, more top heavy, and provides no benefits over a sedan hatchback.
Electric vehicles are very much not top-heavy. They are typically built with the batteries as a platform along the bottom, lowering their centers of gravity significantly. If anything this has become somewhat of a problem, road barriers aren’t designed with such low centers of gravity in mind and testing has shown that some EVs tend to go under barriers when they hit them.
You asked for the beef of small suvs. So e-suvs solved one of the issues.
That’s not the one in the thumbnail. 0 Series SUV vs Super EV Concept.
From the article.
It’s the word “concept” that worries me. Concept cars rarely make it into production without significant alterations, and frequently those alterations take away what made the concept interesting and unique in the first place.
Concept cars are usually just the company/designers showing what they could do, not what they will do.
This one appears to be a roadworthy prototype vehicle that is going to participate in some driving challenge at Goodwood. But Honda doesn’t have any details to share about possible production dates, so it’s still far away if ever.