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Does anyone else feel like there's a capability gap between neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) and full blown, highway capable cars? Most states that allow NEVs have severe restrictions on where they can be driven, which frequently renders them unusable for daily use.
I long for something smaller, cheaper, and more efficient than a car that can still drive on a road with a 45mph speed limit. I can already hear some of you revving up your keyboards to tell me that motorcycles exist, but they fill a very different niche. I don't want to ride a two wheeled, open vehicle when it's 40 degrees outside and pissing rain. I want something with a roof that keeps me dry and a passenger seat.
What's keeping that market from being served? Is it a regulatory thing? Are the economics fucked? Am I just a nut job and nobody else wants something like that?
Regulatory capture, historically a robust used car market which makes it difficult to sell a $5k penalty box when $5k can get you a much larger car used, the obesity and stupidity of the American consumer.
That said, if you're ok with a gas engine, the 25 year rule on importing non-American compliant cars has now reached the point where 25 year old cars don't suck. So get yourself a kei car for like $5k, and you're golden.
I very nearly pulled the trigger on one of those light Japanese trucks, but the dealer near me sold out before I could figure out insurance and title.
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