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EVs are coming like it or not. It will take some time until they are really common, but I see more and more electric vehicles on the road in US and Europe and more and more manufacturers starting to work on EVs extensively. As soon as more EV will be available on the market and as soon as prices will come down to a more affordable level the market will explode. The new generation of young people that used to plug in and charge their smartphones, tablets and laptops will embrace it quickly and without hesitation. They feel more familiar with charging their gadgets than dealing with smelly gas, oil and grease. The new generation is more eco conscious as well which makes electrics more attractive to them. EVs require less maintenance as well which a lot of people will love.

This whole crossover craze has gone a bit too far....

Here's the question.. @ocnblu... why do U have such a love for ICE's? Hate against EV? They both motivate. Is it the "enthusiast passion" argument?

Yes you would have to get two. Lol

Yes, a few people will buy it. And in a few years, more people will buy it.

Me believes you think too highly of yourself. “Australian Shepherd”? More like a neurotic Jack Russell Terrier looking to nip at anyone’s ankles whenever positive news comes out regarding EVs. Nothing clear headed about it while others (speaking against EVs) do it with more tact and actual common sense. The pace may be questioned. The marketing may be questioned. Hell, all sorts of things can be questioned where EVs are concerned but it is coming and it will eventually be the new norm and not the outlier or exception. That is the way of the technological world where some diehard anti-EV folks will join the ranks of folks like the flat earth society while the rest of us move on.

I hope this accelerates the embrace of BEVs, especially once solid state batteries show up in new vehicles.

I did not want you to think I was targeting you with this because in fact, I was targeting @ocnblu. But yeah...my post was more in compliment with yours...but I must admit, it does not seem to be that way.

I don't see why people buy the Bolt... but people still do.

Bye Bye SMART. No buyers = no sales. NOBODY in the USA wants a subcompact car. NOBODY. IF BMW was smart, they would either electrify the Mini Cooper or stop selling them here. At least Mini Coopers had a USP that people bought into. Smart never did.

Well they don't advertise it much and it is a pretty forgettable looking vehicle. It doesn't look all that different than a Mazda CX-5 of the same size that costs $10k less. Not really sure how it is "priced too high for the market" when it is $5k cheaper than a GLC or X3. Maybe people just don't care about Infiniti.

Recliner charging?

You would think it would be both but it would seem to make sense to start with the higher volume model (full size) in a effort to mitigate the costs. I could them also starting with midsize just to test the waters but if you’re going to go all in then you might as well start with your bread and butter models.

@smk4565's goal posts are elusive, hard to pin down creatures.

"or fuel-cell" ? That's interesting to hear. I think that part will be overlooked.

If they made something smaller that was more luxurious and more powerful I can already hear you cry that they should have done it with the largest vehicle.

I think that's what Cadillac and Lincoln should go after. Use their old school heritage to their advantage and don't try and copy what others are doing. Make over-sized luxury barges(per dollar). How much bigger do you want them to go? It already dwarfs everything that isn't a dually heavy duty truck on the road(and Expedition/Navigator).

Cadillac's flagship is and has been the Escalade for more than a decade. I still think Cadillac's strategy is going to be offering the largest vehicle in a price class. The CT5 aligned against the 3-series, the CT6 aligned against the 5-series, etc.

Well, so much for that...

Well it's good to know there are other clear thinkers out there. A lot of times it feels like I'm the only clearheaded individual /EV skeptic, especially in here. I have to be vocal to be heard. I feel like an Australian Shepherd amid a flock of unruly sheep.

Already figure that diesel is the only car that is heading toward it’s deathbed. The days are numbered as is it’s usefulness... ICE and EV are the future. One will alway need the other. You never want to have just one form to get around anyways...

Just saw one of those today....

3.6% is nothing, a 'standard wiggle' that happens with a variety of regular factors. No commercial product sees uninterrupted, continual upward growth. But financial analysts will point to such with loud fingers, spewing 'significance' & proclaiming it is 'proof' of something. Reading elsewhere on the subject- while EU EVs "nearly doubled" in February, EVs were still under 2% of the market there. Also, making overall judgements on the 'EU market' of 27 countries is probably disingenuous, as the individual numbers are all over the scale, again; for various commonplace reasons. +36% to –15%.

You are owed nothing from me and both of my posts about EVs here were of the positive. If all you want to do is focus on my signature because you seemingly have the notion that it’s all about you, then that is our problem. The only one inciting here is you. I love your little “since you’re one of those people” jab like that is supposed to be an insult. Not taking your bait ocnblu so get over it and move on. Now, about the actual subject, The politics (or how you perceive them) have nothing to do with the growing sales of EVs while sales of other cars have been sagging or flat.

A third grader needs to cobble together a photoshop of a CT5 with an actual trunk and send it to Cadillac. Maybe they'll get a clue.

You could have posted something positive about EVs since you are one of those people, instead you try to incite others with your comment and your signature. The EU is a fractured entity, insignificant and losing steam, overrun by immigrants who will not assimilate. Look at France. Look at Britain, desperate to break away, desperate to return to sovereign status over its own people. A failed experiment.

When you make future remarks about others trolling, I want you to look back on posts like this as to why it is hypocritical. Oh and you’re not the only person on this planet I have talked to about EVs and who has a problem with them. It a blanket statement about those who refuse to see progress. Not everything is about you. Now do you have anything non-trolling to add here or is that all?

Good...this needs to happen.

Should have been this way from the beginning IMO.