After Bollinger's no longer making cars, what's a good EV with no BS at all? No spyware, touch screens, etc?
"Bollinger says its pickup and SUV will each cost $125,000" https://www.inverse.com/innovation/bollinger-b1-b2-release-d...
Sounds rather optimistic to me.
Hopefully they will do a larger EV soon, something like a next-gen fully electric Duster or Jogger.
It's a hybrid with the engine ripped out - there's literally huge empty space under the hood, but they haven't even bothered to move things around to make a frunk.
I get that Mazda has a reputable brand, but MX-30 is just an F.U. to the state of California. Mazda sells less than 10 of them per month. Not ten thousand. Just ten.
There are small-battery trims of many EVs in the similar price range, usually with faster charging and better range: Kona, MG4, e-C4, Zoe, e-208, Fiat e500, for a slightly higher price there's Volvo EX30. And among short-range difficult-to-charge cars Leaf is cheaper.
And just out of curiosity, I compared local pricing (CAD) - a Kona starts $47k after rebates and incentives and an MX-30 starts at $39k, so pretty hefty difference. For that matter, even the Leaf starts at $42k.
As for the Leaf, I wouldn't consider an EV without active cooling on the batteries unless the manufacturer included a lifetime battery warranty.
I've literally never seen any such marketing. All I've done is look at the spec sheet.
> MX-30 is heavier than Leaf, Kona, and even Tesla Model 3 SR/RWD.
Not the Kona. Marginally heavier than the lowest trim of the Leaf.
But by having a smaller battery, the impression to me is that the weight goes to something useful, rather than battery, so I'm getting more car for the weight. (The base MX-30 is notably more featurful than the base Leaf.) Plus more car for the price, as I've previously mentioned.
The i3 is a fun rear wheel drive car and the mx-30 is an old ICE adapted front wheel drive. Many people don’t care but car enthusiasts do.
The i3 was a carbon fiber body on an aluminium frame with plastic body panels, with an unique interior and choice of materials. The MX-30 is a bit boring.
But the MX-30 kept the annoying doors and the failed hybrid concept.
I think the MX-30 arrived too late for its specs.
I'll have to say the i3s was not fun to drive in the winter with its really narrow tires and its propensity for getting stuck in the worn down tracks of other cars.
Great and nimble in the city though.
The i3 is for sure not the best winter car but I didn’t have major issues in the Oslo area. Also thin tires is somewhat better in the snow. At least that’s what they go with in WRC.
If that's your definition of BS, then there's basically no vehicle on the market for you, with any energy source. But we can read the subtext: you want an EV but don't want to buy a Tesla.
My advice to you is to rent a Model 3/Y LR for a few weeks from Turo or wherever and see if your actual problems are with the actual technical details you think are your problem. Most likely they're not, and in fact you're probably going to recoil from the idea of driving the car at all. In which case, well, at least you know to have the fight on the right grounds. "I hate Musk" is unfalsifiable, so the rest of us can stop trying to explain how well the UI actually works.
Illegal to sell new, at least in Europe and US (see e.g. driver drowsiness detection) and very few people actually want such a car.
The only reason to ever make such a car would be for low cost, production, but in the car industry low cost can only be achieved with high volumes and since such a car absolutely has no mass appeal it is a pretty dead concept.
There is no way any car manufacturer is stupid enough for that.
And everyone who has tried to sell anything knows that "I would pay for that" are words most commonly spoken by people who assuredly would not pay for that.
Used cars outsell new cars by about 3:1 in the US. And if you look at the actual sales figures for the cheapest new cars on the US market, the situation is clear: buyers prefer nicer used cars to minimalistic new cars.
And the license plates of course.