What’s the CO2 to produce this?
It will pleasantly surprise you I am sure😊
Hmm, light on details of extraction and offsetting. Why not just sell smaller cars?
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I wonder if this is what he had in mind when tweeting?
Introducing the Cadillac Lyric which
Cadillac say initial availability will be in the first half of 2022. Likely price around $60,000.
Electric aside I find an SUV coupe to be a strange combination. In my opinion it defeats the purpose of an SUV.
Then as you said, when you combine that with the mission of being “greener”, why not just make them smaller or go all out and make a proper SUV that is practical? Rather that this weird middle ground that is neither one nore the other 
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Even for school and shopping trips I find them a bit of an odd choice. (no offense to anyone 
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It’s like I walk into a showroom and say: I want a large vehicle that can safely and comfortably carry my entire family. It must have lots of room and storage space in the back for all my shopping, pram and baby stuff etc.
So the salesman picks out a flashy SUV and I say, “that’s perfect, but squash everything and make it smaller” 
There is born an SUV Coupe
I’d rather have a hot hatch than a Chelsea tractor. If nothing else, even for an electric car adding so much weight makes little sense from a range point of view.
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Glad im not the only one who doesn’t like SUV’s nor do i want one…
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And weight = greater environmental impact
While I agree that SUVs are a weird segment, I’m pretty sure compact SUVs are the fastest growing segment so it absolutely makes sense for manufacturers of EVs to go that route if they want to sell.
I’ve been noticing a lot of brand new ford pumas on the road recently;
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Only when compared to other electric cars. Comparing any EV to a petrol or diesel car is still a massive reduction in environmental impact.
SUVs are the flavour of the month for all car dealers - not just EV’s and there are non-SUV EV’s available - the Mini Electric, Fiat 500e and the Honda-e for example (that last one is very polarising though on if you like or loathe it…)
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Bentley are very happy with the SUV.
The boss was asked:
Will the first e-Bentley be an SUV?
Adrian Hallmark’s a fan of the style:
‘If you’re not in SUVs, you’re nowhere.’
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It’s really the market that decides what gets built. If the market wants SUVs a sensible manufacturer will build SUVs.
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Guessing it would be nice to have everything under one easy to use app, going forward.
Edit - I’ve downloaded it, it’s useless in its current form, shows no charging points in my area, nearest is 15 miles away. I know of at least 12 now in my local area.
Will have to see how it pans out
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That sounds a lot like was Zap Map currently does though? And Zap Map also, if I remember rightly, have even signed up with some chargers to allow you to pay through their app as well.
Pretty much yeah, if I compare the 2 together for my location this new competitor one needs to go in the bin I’m sure it’ll improve but it’s like looking at a desert right now.
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I didn’t think we’d have to mention this xkcd comic again so quickly:
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Zap-Map is the only App that will succeed in the U.K. because of its time in the market and innovative services provided and used by many thousands of EV owners. It is the service acknowledged by charging companies, the press and local authorities as the go to provider of up to date charger location information service.
I suspect that in the future the Zap-Map service will be a subscription one given all the benefits it provides.
This is just one:
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To be fair that’s a naive comment, just because someone’s been around longer, doesn’t mean competition can’t come along and smack them down.
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… Which is what’s landed us in this mess in the first place. There’s going to have to be much greater intervention to hit climate targets. Heavier cars just don’t make any sense in that scenario, fossil driven or otherwise