Hatchbacks are not mini-SUVs, and many people can't afford to own a mini-SUV. $36,000 with no trims is pricy for a new car.
I've been adamant that owning an EV would be a non-starter for me, but having seen the Bolt, if I were shopping for a new car, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
A compact SUV is one of the best selling card this year in the US and at ~20K its not actually that pricey compared the average car price in the USA of $34K.
And the compact SUV is looking like it it will dislodge the sedan's long dominance. See:
>$36K is pretty close to average car price in the US now:
You have to keep in mind that $36k 'average' number is highly inflated by luxury purchases. Most people end up spending closer to $20k. I think when they hit below that magical $19,995 number we will see massive adoption.
Yeah, that's a mean not a median, and is therefore the wrong average to use for this purpose, which calls for median (or even mode in preference to mean.)
>"At a price that just barely starts to make sense for the average driver when you factor in fuel savings and tax subsidies."
At $36K and just using $5K as an arbitrary tax subsidy number isn't it the same price as most US mini SUV style cars?