#hatchbacks — Public Fediverse posts

What is actually happening is middle aged and seniors (many of whom are already driving automatic cars) are buying the EVs, and their vehicles are being sold and subsequently driven by younger folk (or they live in the family house and are sharing an automatic vehicle with their parents).

I have noticed in busier urban parts of #Suffolk, #Essex and #Reading about half the #cars I see on the street and in the yard outside my work are now automatics

At present it remains small #hatchbacks with dual clutch gearboxes which are becoming popular with the younger generation rather than EVs (everyone I know who drives an EV is north of 50)

What is actually happening is middle aged and seniors (many of whom are already driving automatic cars) are buying the EVs, and their vehicles are being sold and subsequently driven by younger folk (or they live in the family house and are sharing an automatic vehicle with their parents).

I have noticed in busier urban parts of #Suffolk, #Essex and #Reading about half the #cars I see on the street and in the yard outside my work are now automatics

At present it remains small #hatchbacks with dual clutch gearboxes which are becoming popular with the younger generation rather than EVs (everyone I know who drives an EV is north of 50)

#Carflation is also an issue here in #Europe, even with #superminis and #hatchbacks - a former staff member owned an #VWPolo Typ AW (the latest variant since 2018) and it is noticeably wider than my Typ 6C (and very slightly longer by about 100mm).

The Polo already has solid bodywork and a good safety rating since at least the 2000s (if not even before then) - so the growth in size is more to benefit the driver and other occupants by providing more interior room..

#Carflation is also an issue here in #Europe, even with #superminis and #hatchbacks - a former staff member owned an #VWPolo Typ AW (the latest variant since 2018) and it is noticeably wider than my Typ 6C (and very slightly longer by about 100mm).

The Polo already has solid bodywork and a good safety rating since at least the 2000s (if not even before then) - so the growth in size is more to benefit the driver and other occupants by providing more interior room..

They Want to Be Gatekeepers: Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers from Buying EVs
https://jalopnik.com/car-dealers-are-stopping-customers-from-buying-evs-1851017999
#ycombinator #salesperson #Business #Finance #Car_dealership #BMW_i3 #Electric_car #Plug_in_electric_vehicles_in_the_United_States #Electric_vehicle #Tesla #Inc #Buzz_Smith #The_Washington_Post #James_Richards #Hatchbacks #Ford_F_150_Lightning #Tesla_US_dealership_disputes #Volkswagen #Subcompact_cars #Michael_Young #Jalopnik

They Want to Be Gatekeepers: Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers from Buying EVs
https://jalopnik.com/car-dealers-are-stopping-customers-from-buying-evs-1851017999
#ycombinator #salesperson #Business #Finance #Car_dealership #BMW_i3 #Electric_car #Plug_in_electric_vehicles_in_the_United_States #Electric_vehicle #Tesla #Inc #Buzz_Smith #The_Washington_Post #James_Richards #Hatchbacks #Ford_F_150_Lightning #Tesla_US_dealership_disputes #Volkswagen #Subcompact_cars #Michael_Young #Jalopnik

@steve Must be nice. Here in America we have trucks, cars that look like trucks, SUVs - which are basically enclosed trucks, crossovers (that sit up high to help see past the trucks), and a handful of sedans and econobox 5-doors. Coupes and hatchbacks are virtually nonexistent. And that’s the gas-powered selection.

There are ZERO #EV #coupes, and save for the Mini, ZERO EV #hatchbacks. Give me a modern EV version of the Honda CRX, Nissan 240SX, or Toyota Celica, please.

@steve Must be nice. Here in America we have trucks, cars that look like trucks, SUVs - which are basically enclosed trucks, crossovers (that sit up high to help see past the trucks), and a handful of sedans and econobox 5-doors. Coupes and hatchbacks are virtually nonexistent. And that’s the gas-powered selection.

There are ZERO #EV #coupes, and save for the Mini, ZERO EV #hatchbacks. Give me a modern EV version of the Honda CRX, Nissan 240SX, or Toyota Celica, please.

@Pheneatis #Hatchbacks are the best!! I'll be so sad when my 2003 Toyota Matrix gives up on me but we've had a very good run.

@Pheneatis #Hatchbacks are the best!! I'll be so sad when my 2003 Toyota Matrix gives up on me but we've had a very good run.